On November 5, 2009, New York partner John J. Carney presented at the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants' Anti-fraud Conference. Mr. Carney, along with representatives of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Department of Justice, addressed civil, regulatory and criminal liability issues for accountants and financial professionals.
Mr. Carney, co-leader of the firm’s national White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations group, a former Securities Fraud Chief, Assistant United States Attorney, SEC Senior Counsel and a practicing CPA, has lectured extensively on the topics of securities fraud and litigating complex accounting cases at bar conferences, accounting societies, the Justice Department's National Advocacy Center, the SEC's Chief Enforcement Attorney Conference, as well as at national training seminars conducted for agents by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.