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legal issue to impact the financial sector over that focus on anti-corruption compliance issues.
time. For example, he was the architect of com-
prehensive strategies for AIG, Washington Mutual, Before joining Patterson Belknap in 2005, Mr. Ru-
and Lehman Brothers that successfully guided them zumna spent six years working at the United States
through U.S. and foreign criminal and civil investiga- Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New
tions into their front-seat roles in the financial crisis. York, where he last served as Acting Chief of the
Major Crimes Unit, a unit dedicated to investigat-
Currently, Mr. Polkes is litigating complex cases in ing and prosecuting economic crimes and financial
courts around the United States and in international frauds. In 2004, he received the Department of Jus-
jurisdictions, as well as coordinating and defend- tice’s highest honor, the John Marshall Award for
ing government investigations, including on behalf Asset Forfeiture, and acted as a lecturer and instruc-
of companies such as Archstone, Goldman Sachs, tor of trial advocacy at the Department’s National
Lehman Brothers, Marsh & McLennan, Morgan Advocacy Center.
Stanley, Pilgrim’s Pride, and Willis Towers Watson.
He has been recognized as one of the top Securities After graduation from law school, Mr. Ruzumna
and White Collar Defense attorneys in the United served as a Law Clerk to the late Hon. Jay C. Wald-
States by Chambers USA, as a Securities “MVP” man, United States District Court for the Eastern
by Law360, and as a “Litigation Trailblazer” by the District of Pennsylvania. He then spent almost four
National Law Journal, among his other accolades. years in private practice in Washington, D.C., be-
Mr. Polkes is a graduate of New York University fore becoming a federal prosecutor.
School of Law, where he received his J.D. in 1984,
and Haverford College, where he graduated magna
cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He LINDA CHATMAN THOMSEN,
served as law clerk to Justice Aharon Barak of the who was the first woman to serve as
Supreme Court of Israel and to The Honorable Wil- the Director of the Division of En-
liam B. Bryant, United States District Judge for the forcement at the Securities and Ex-
District of Columbia.
change Commission, is a partner in
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s Litiga-
tion Department and practices in the
DANIEL RUZUMNA is a partner in
the Litigation Department of Patter- Washington D.C. office. Her practice concentrates
son Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP and in matters related to the enforcement of the fed-
leads its White Collar Defense and In- eral securities laws. She has represented clients in
vestigations group. He has extensive SEC enforcement investigations and inquiries, in
trial and appellate experience, hav- enforcement matters before other agencies, includ-
ing served as lead counsel in numer- ing the Department of Justice (various U.S. Attor-
ous jury trials and arbitrations and having briefed neys Offices) and the Commodities Futures Trading
and argued over a dozen cases before federal and Commission, in investigations and inquiries from
state courts of appeal. Mr. Ruzumna’s practice fo- self-regulatory agencies, including FINRA, and in
cuses on the areas of white collar criminal defense internal investigations. These matters, which are
and related regulatory proceedings, internal investi- typically non-public, have covered a broad range of
gations, asset forfeiture proceedings, and complex securities related subject matters, including insider
financial litigation. He has represented corporations trading, foreign corrupt practices, financial report-
and individuals in many recent high-profile criminal ing, manipulation and regulatory compliance. Her
and regulatory investigations involving alleged vio- clients have included major financial institutions,
lations of the securities laws, antitrust laws, tax laws, regulated entities, public companies and senior ex-
and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Mr. Ruzumna ecutives.
regularly conducts confidential investigations on
behalf of clients, including a professional sports Ms. Thomsen returned to Davis Polk in 2009 after
league, a university, financial firms, and pharmaceu- 14 years of public service at the SEC. While there
tical and health care companies. He also serves as she held a variety of positions and ultimately served
counsel to the Anti-Money Laundering and Finan- as the Director of Enforcement from 2005 through
cial Crimes Committee of the Securities Industry February 2009. During her tenure as the Director of
and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), with a Enforcement, she led the Enron investigation, the

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