EMANUEL ZELTSER
Director and General CounselBorn in Siberia, former USSR
ADMISSIONS
Member of the New York State Bar
Member of the Russian Bar
Member of the Federal Bar of
the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
LAW
PRACTICE FOCUS
International law, complex
international litigation (civil and criminal.)
Counsel and advisor to numerous
agencies of Russian government and multinational corporations.
Expert-witness
on Russian and international law issues, money laundering and
international organized crime
Complex
international investigations
PUBLIC
SPEAKING AND MEDIA
Mr. Zeltser regularly appears as
legal expert in the media including the Voice of
America, Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe. He also appeared as guest
on international TV and radio networks, including Fox News Channel, CNN,
ABC-TV (Australia), ORTV (Russia), CBC (Canada) and others, addressing
many legal and political issues, including international terrorism, money laundering,
and organized crime.
In September of
1999, at the request of the Chairman of the House Committee on
Banking and Financial Services, Hon. James A. Leach, Mr. Zeltser
provided the statement at the Congressional
Hearing on the Bank of New York Russian Organized Crime and Money
Laundering Matters
Serves as legal analyst and law
correspondent for MT~NewsWire™
and WebEsquire.com™
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
Member of the Board of Directors
and General Counsel of American Russian Law Institute.
State Advisor, United States
Congressional Advisory Board.
Advisor to
the Academy of Jurisprudence of the Ministry of Justice of the
Russian Federation.
Advisor to the Academy of Justice
of the Supreme Court of Russia
Serves on the Advisory Board of Universite
Libre Russe A. Sakharov
Serves on the Advisory Board of
the Shimon Perez Peace Center
ACADEMICS,
PUBLICATIONS
and LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING
Lectured at the Russian Legal
Academy as a visiting professor to the senior Russian judiciary,
professional staff of the Ministry of Justice of Russia and Office
of the Russian Prosecutor General.
Co-authored (with the Ministry of
Justice of Russia and University of Pittsburgh Law School) Trade
and Commercial Laws of the Russian Federation. Official Codification
and Commentaries (© 1993-1995 Oceana Publications, Inc. ISBN
0379-101831). The "Official Codification" was the
first official English language reference source on new (post-perestroyka)
Russian laws, used by the US Courts, British Courts and
international public institutions.
In 1994, at the request of the
Minister of Justice of Russia, participated in the drafting of the
new Russian banking legislation. (Became law in 1995)
In 1999, at the request of the
House Committee on Banking and Financial Services, assisted
in evaluating and editing a draft of the "Foreign Money
Laundering Deterrence and Anticorruption Act." (H.R. 2896.)
(Passed in House in 2001)
In 2001, participated in drafting
portions of an anti-money
laundering bill for the Russian Parliament (Duma)
AWARDS
AND RECOGNITIONS
In 1984 Mr. Zeltser's name was
entered in the official presidential papers of Ronald Reagan "in
recognition of outstanding support of the [Presidential] Task Force."
In the same year, Mr. Zeltser
received an award from the United States Congressional Advisory
Board "in
grateful recognition of the outstanding services as State Advisor"
(signed by Sen. Paul Laxalt, Sen. Dennis DeConcini, Rep. Jack Kemp
and Rep. Bill Schappell.)
1985
at the behest of President Reagan, an American Flag was dedicated in
the Rotunda of the United States Capitol "for
Mr. Emanuel E. Zeltser.” (Certificate of Award signed by
President Ronald Reagan.)
In 1991 Mr. Zeltser was awarded
the "Doctor of Laws
of Russia" Honorary Degree by the Academy of Jurisprudence
of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation "in
recognition of exemplary scholarship and supreme contribution
towards world justice and democracy."
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