Sharie A. Brown is a litigation partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Foley & Lardner, a member of the Transactional & Securities Practice Group, and vice chair of the Compliance, Counseling and Government Enforcement Practice Group. Ms. Brown represents companies and conducts investigations in the areas of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), OFAC compliance and export controls, corporate ethics and compliance, World Bank procurement frauds, Economic Espionage Act (EEA), and USA Patriot Act anti-money laundering. Ms. Brown serves on the firm's Recruiting Committee, Litigation Program Committee, and Women's Network Steering Committee.

Ms. Brown's professional memberships include: the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC); the Steering Committee of USA*ENGAGE; the OFAC Working Group; the Iran Working Group; and the advisory board of the Georgetown Corporate Counsel Institute. She is also an ABA and D.C. Bar conference speaker in her practice areas, and serves on ABA and D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education programming committees, as well as other bar leadership positions.

Previously, Ms. Brown was senior counsel at Mobil Oil Corporation in the above practice areas, and defended against the antidumping case involving Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Mexico and Iraq. Ms. Brown co-drafted Mobil's application to swap crude oil with Iran, developed sanctions prepositioning strategies, and wrote employee guides relating to corporate compliance, embargoed countries, and the FCPA.

As a Mobil compliance officer and ethics officer, she developed a worldwide ethics and compliance program, a new code of conduct, and employee compliance training videos, as well as pamphlets on the FCPA, and Iran, Iraq, Cuba and Libya sanctions compliance. As Mobil's policy advisor in corporate planning and economics, she handled trade, tax and sanctions issues. Previously, Ms. Brown directed Mobil's state government relations in key states.

Prior to Mobil, as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, she handled tax, bank fraud, and securities fraud cases. She was commended by federal law enforcement agencies, including FBI Director William Sessions, for her co-prosecution of a securities fraud RICO. Ms. Brown clerked for the Honorable Richard M. Bilby, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona.

Ms. Brown received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1982 (Dean's List), and her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in 1979 from the University of Pennsylvania (Dean's List). She is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

To listen to Ms. Brown's interview on The US Patriot Act & It's Affect On International Business click on the International Tax Strategies & Planning icon on the Professional Recruiter's Web site.