Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Rubinstein Joins Greenberg Traurig's Litigation and White Collar Criminal Defense Practices in Chicago.

CHICAGO -- The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today that Daniel Rubinstein has joined its Chicago office as a Shareholder in the Litigation and White Collar Criminal Defense Practices. Mr. Rubinstein joins the firm after spending more than seven years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in both Los Angeles and Chicago, and three years as a state prosecutor in California.

Most recently, Mr. Rubinstein was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois where he served for four years, primarily in the Complex Fraud Section. He has investigated and prosecuted a wide range of federal criminal cases involving complex corporate and securities fraud, racketeering, money laundering, public corruption, terrorism financing, international drug trafficking, and gangs.

In 2007, he was lead prosecutor in a complex racketeering and international money laundering investigation and successful six-week jury trial of two car dealers who laundered more than $25 million in drug proceeds and sent a portion of it to Iran. Mr. Rubinstein was awarded the Department of Justice's Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in connection with the investigation and trial.

He was also lead prosecutor in an extensive Title III wiretap investigation and successful two-week jury trial of an international drug cartel, which was responsible for importing approximately 2,000 kilograms of cocaine into Chicago in 2004, and the subsequent investigation and successful trial of two members of the international drug cartel who attempted to kidnap witnesses who testified against the defendant.

Mr. Rubinstein also served for more than three years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, primarily in the Public Corruption and Government Fraud Section.

With more than 10 years of prosecution experience, Mr. Rubinstein has successfully tried more than 20 cases to verdict in state and federal court and successfully litigated numerous appeals before the Seventh and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals.

"Dan's experience handling complex financial crime cases, including his success in cross-border investigations, will be a great addition to our national white collar and commercial litigation teams," said Keith J. Shapiro, Co-Managing Shareholder of the Chicago office.

At Greenberg Traurig, Mr. Rubinstein will focus his practice on white collar criminal matters, government investigations, corporate internal investigations, and complex civil litigation. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Boston University School of Law, and his B.A., with honors, from Brown University. After graduating from law school, he was a Law Clerk for the Honorable Ernest C. Torres in the United States District Court, District of Rhode Island, for two years.

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with more than 1,750 attorneys and governmental affairs professionals in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The firm was selected as the 2007 USA Law Firm of the Year by Chambers and Partners.

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