Bill helps high-risk businesses ensure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, False Claims Act, and Procurement Integrity Act. Clients often include companies doing business in geographic regions with a high-risk corruption.

With extensive experience working with global accounting firms and multinational companies, Bill is able to provide SECIL Law clients with seamless services that many law firms would usually need to outsource. Instead of giving clients off-the-shelf forensic account services, he prides himself on creating solutions right-sized to SECIL Law’s clients.

Bill helps clients formulate policies to satisfy the SEC, Department of Justice, Department of Defense, and other agencies. But often the challenge lies in maintaining compliance over time. Bill assists clients with implementing policies, building training programs,
establishing codes of conduct, and other efforts, in a way that fits each company’s unique needs. Bill’s investigations and reports have also helped clients negotiate favorable agreements with federal agencies.

Bill frequently works with companies’ information technology departments to gather and analyze data, identifying potential issues before they can become a real problem. For example, he helps companies perform data analytics and due diligence on third-party contractors to identify warning signs of illegal or unethical activity.

Bill has worked for global accounting firms and multinational corporations. He brings this experience to compliance and regulatory issues that organizations face as they enter new markets and face potential fraud, bribery, and corruption issues.

Bill often speaks on the subject of Global Corruption. He was an adjunct professor at New Haven University; a program ranked number one in forensic sciences by US News and World Report. He teaches a graduate-level course on bribery and corruption to students who include law enforcement, corporate security directors, and auditors.

He is also the author of “The Anti-Corruption Handbook: How to Protect Your Business in the Global Marketplace.” In short, he enjoys explaining the concepts on which he’s built his career to up-and-coming compliance, law enforcement and accounting professionals.

Bill has over 35 years of experience performing forensic advisory services. He specializes in investigations and consulting services. He has also performed forensic examinations and due diligence investigations. Bill previously was a principal at a major global account firm in its Forensic Advisory practice and was the national practice leader for Anti-Corruption and Investigation Services.

Education

• M.S. Forensic Accounting, Stevenson University
• B.S., Accounting, Regis University
• B.A. Sociology, Villanova University

Professional Recognition, Leadership & Service

• Top 50 Trailblazers and Pioneers, National Law Journal (2014)
• Consulting Magazine Top 25 Consultant, Consulting Magazine (2012)
• Adjunct Professor, University of New Haven