Michael Diaz, Jr.

White Collar Crime, Government Sanctions, Investigations & Defense

International Litigation & Arbitration

Florida Bar Board Certified International Litigation and Arbitration attorney Michael Diaz is a multilingual litigator, trial lawyer, and arbitral advocate with 39 years of experience advising clients, trying cases, and negotiating resolutions to complex civil, arbitral and criminal disputes. He has extensive experience handling visa recovery efforts, FCPA and OFAC violations, and Specially Designated Nationals classifications. He regularly counsels on preventative arbitration and litigation strategies and conducts parallel investigations in complex, high-stakes regulatory, investigative and compliance matters that involve financial fraud, international asset recovery and white-collar crime. Mr. Diaz’s sophisticated asset tracing techniques have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for U.S. receivers, financial institutions, and individual fraud victims. He has handled numerous notable, well-publicized litigation and arbitration cases, OFAC and sanctions matters, and cases of alleged money laundering and public corruption. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). He is admitted to the Florida Bar; 11th Circuit Court of Appeals; Southern District of Florida; Middle District of Florida; U.S. Supreme Court; and the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals of New York; U.S. Court of International Trade.

He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

Florida Bar Association​

American Bar Association

International Bar Association

Cuban American Bar Association, Past-President, officer, and director

Member of the Board of the International Trade Consortium (ITC), Miami-Dade Beacon Council

Member, Trial Law Institute

Member, Diversity Law Institute

Barrister, Order of Centurions

Advocate, Order of Certus

International Association of Lawyers and Professional Advisors

Miami International Arbitration Society

National and Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Florida International Bankers Association

Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists

Member of the Board of Advisors of Latin America Advisor, a publication of The Dialogue, Leadership for the Americas.

US Financial Crime Enforcement Under Trump 2.0: Compliance Implications for Businesses Operating in Latin America: https://diazreus.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Chambers-Overview-2026.pdf

GIR Global Investigations Around the World: USA: fresh legislation targets corporate crime and incentivises compliance: https://diazreus.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GIR-united-states-fresh-legislation-targets-corporate-crime-and-incentivises-compliance.pdf

The importance of collective power: https://www.ibanet.org/The-importance-of-collective-power

Processo para Moraes reverter sanção pode levar anos, diz advogado: https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-internacional/processo-para-moraes-reverter-sancao-pode-levar-anos-diz-advogado/

El regreso de Trump dispara el trabajo de los bufetes: https://diazreus.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Expansion-Nacional-04_Feb_2025.pdf

Qué pasa con los millones de dólares de la corrupción en Venezuela decomisados en EE.UU. https://diazreus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Que-pasa-con-los-millones-de-dolares-de-la-corrupcion-en-Venezuela-decomisados-en-EE.UU_.-BBC-News-Mundo.pdf

He has defended and investigated well known FCPA, OFAC, FARA and money laundering cases from PEMEX/Siemens & SK Engineering, PDVSA/Citgo to Prazkarel Michel and Yani Rosenthal, Montesinos to Aleman/Jerez and from Casablanca to Rosemont, and Ponzi schemes from Madoff to Stanford.

University of Miami School of Law

J.D., cum laude

University of Miami, School of

B.B.A., International Finance