As the Founder and Managing Shareholder of Ferrari & Associates, Mr. Ferrari represents U.S. and foreign corporations, financial institutions, exporters, insurers, as well as private individuals in trade compliance, regulatory licensing matters, and federal investigations and prosecutions. He frequently represents clients before the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the United States Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and in federal courts around the country. With over 17 years of experience in national security law, exports control, and U.S. economic sanctions, he counsels across industry sectors representing parties in a wide range of matters from ensuring compliance to defending against federal prosecutions and pursuing federal appeals.
Mr. Ferrari’s representations before OFAC frequently involve matters arising under the Iran, Ukraine-/Russia-related, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Counter-Terrorism, and the Counter Narcotics sanctions programs. As part of these representations, Mr. Ferrari has worked to have names removed from OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List), respond to OFAC administrative subpoenas issued during the course of an OFAC investigation, procure OFAC specific licenses to engage in transactions prohibited by OFAC, draft OFAC voluntary self-disclosures, develop and implement OFAC compliance programs for financial institutions and multinational companies, and to provide general counseling on OFAC related matters to a diverse clientele.
Mr. Ferrari has served as lead trial counsel on a number of complex federal criminal matters. He is a seasoned litigator that has obtained mistrials and acquittals for his clients in various matters including prosecutions charging violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”). He has also successfully handled mail and wire fraud cases, tax fraud cases, money laundering cases, espionage cases, and federal criminal appeals. These representations have occurred in various courts across the United States and involved both U.S. and international clientele.
Mr. Ferrari’s litigation experience includes numerous lawsuits seeking review of OFAC’s blocking of assets, as well as those targeting parties under various sanctions authorities. In addition, Mr. Ferrari has extensive experience representing parties in federal criminal prosecutions, including those involving export control and sanctions violations. He has also represented clients in other types of litigation, including, for instance, federal civil forfeiture proceedings.
