Provided by Michael Diaz, Jr.
USA
Expert in these Jurisdictions
USA, Latin America, Russia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Practice Areas
White Collar Crime, Government Sanctions, Investigations & Defense
International Litigation & Arbitration
Career
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).
Professional Memberships
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.
Publications
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
Education
University of Miami School of Law
J.D., cum laude
University of Miami, School of
B.B.A., International Finance
Work Highlights
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.
