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Sharie A. Brown  


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Chair, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Anti-Corruption and Corporate Compliance Practice

sharie.brown@dlapiper.com

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Sharie A. Brown is the chair of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Anti-Corruption and Corporate Compliance practice group and a partner in DLA Piper’s Litigation practice, based in Washington, DC. Ms. Brown represents multinational corporations and conducts internal investigations, audits and transactional due diligence worldwide in the areas of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), OFAC compliance and export controls, corporate ethics and compliance, World Bank procurement frauds, Economic Espionage Act (EEA) and USA Patriot Act anti-money laundering.

She comes to DLA Piper from Foley & Lardner, where she served as chair of that firm’s White Collar Defense & Corporate Compliance practice. While at Foley, Ms. Brown was also a member of the Transactional & Securities and International practices. She was chair of the Litigation department’s Diversity Committee and served on the Litigation Program Committee and the Women's Network Steering Committee.

Before joining Foley, Ms. Brown was senior counsel at Mobil Oil Corporation, where she also served as the company’s ethics and compliance officer. She developed a worldwide ethics and compliance program, a code of conduct and employee training videos, as well as pamphlets on the FCPA, and Iran, Iraq, Cuba and Libya sanctions compliance. As Mobil's policy advisor in corporate planning and economics, she handled trade, tax and sanctions issues. Previously, Ms. Brown directed Mobil's state government relations in key states.

Prior to Mobil, Ms. Brown was an assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where she handled tax, bank fraud and securities fraud cases. She was commended by FBI Director William Sessions, for her co-prosecution of a securities fraud RICO, among other enforcement agency commendations. Ms. Brown clerked for the Honorable Richard M. Bilby, United States District Court, District of Arizona.

Ms. Brown's memberships include the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC), USA*Engage, OFAC Working Group, Iran Working Group, Georgetown Corporate Counsel Institute advisory board, ABA International Anticorruption Committee; ABA International Antimoney Laundering Committee; and the International Bar Association. She speaks at ABA, ACI, Compliance Week, CCI and DC Bar conferences, and has served on ABA and DC Bar programming committees.

Ms. Brown's writings and comments frequently appear in professional publications and the media. In March 2009, she was the subject of the "In My Opinion" interview featured in the National Association of Women Lawyers News. In May 2009, she was quoted in the Business World India article "A Legal Landmine" by Sreevalsan Menon, discussing the domino effect companies may experience when they face FCPA charges.

In May 2009, the National Bar Association's Greater Washington Area Chapter Women Lawyers Division honored her as a Distinguished Attorney at its 2009 Annual Networking Reception. GWAC was founded in 1974 by a group of African-American women lawyers in the District of Columbia metropolitan area to address community concerns with an emphasis on African-American women in the legal profession.

In July 2009, the Ethisphere Council named Ms. Brown to its list of 2009 Attorneys Who Matter, described by the Council as "the best and brightest in the legal field" who exemplify "the best public service, legal community engagement and academic involvement" and "help lead their companies to the top of the ethics and compliance world."

Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Pennsylvania
  • United States Supreme Court

Memberships

  • The Ethisphere-Corpedia Joint Committee on Government and Business Ethics
  • Sanctions Subcommittee of the Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy

Publications


Seminars

  • Featured source in "The Uncomfortable Role of Chief Compliance Officer,"  CFOZone.com, June 25, 2010
  • Speaker, "Compliance with the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Required Due Diligence During Mergers & Acquisitions," 56th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, July 22, 2010, Banff, Alberta, Canada 
  • Speaker, "Governance Implications of the FCPA Surge for Boards and Corporate Counsel," PLI Corporate Governance 2010 - A Master Class, February 17, 2010, New York
  • Speaker, "Emerging Markets – Opportunities, Challenges and Obligations," Dow Jones/Ethisphere Global Ethics Summit panel, February 23-24, 2010, New York
  • Speaker, "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," Practising Law Institute's Financial Services Industry Regulatory Compliance & Ethics Forum, November 11, 2009, New York
  • Speaker, "Women Doing Business Overseas," National Association of Women Lawyers Fifth Annual General Counsel Institute, November 6, 2009, New York
  • Speaker, "Out of Sight But Not Out of Mind - Ensuring FCPA Compliance When Using Third-Party Agents, Representatives and Distributors," at the PLI Conference High Tech - High Risk: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Implications for Technology Companies, September 17, 2009, Santa Clara, California
  • Speaker, IPOA ITAR-Conference on Export Controls for Defense Service Providers, September 1-2, 2009, Washington, DC
  • Faculty Member, Two-Day Training Programme on Bribery and Corruption: Avoiding the Pitfalls in a Global Economy, July 13-14 and 16-17, 2009, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Moderator, Anti-Corruption, Spotlight on Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in Europe, September 29-30, 2009, Paris
  • Moderator, Dow Jones/Ethisphere Global Ethics Summit, Asia Challenges panel and Managing Third Parties Around the World panel, February 4-5, 2009, New York
  • Presenter, General Counsel Roundtable, "Financial Crisis: Going from Survival to Success in Difficult Times," Strategies for Expected Fraud and Corruption Enforcement in 2009, February 19-20, 2009, Chicago, IL
  • Moderator, Georgetown Corporate Counsel Institute, FCPA Anticorruption panel, March 12-13, 2009, Washington, DC

Clerk Information

  • The Honorable Richard M. Bilby, United States District Court, District of Arizona


EDUCATION

  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center 1982
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  • M.A., University of Pennsylvania 1979
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  • B.A., University of Pennsylvania 1979
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