Biography: Business Crime Defence

Thomas C Green for many years managed Sidley's federal and state investigation and white collar defence practice group in Washington, DC. Mr Green is a nationally known and highly regarded trial lawyer who has tried countless complex criminal and civil cases. In June of 2009, Chambers and Partners selected Mr Green for its USA Award for Excellence in the field of White Collar Criminal Defense and Government Investigations. In June of 2010, he was featured in the National Law Journal as one of 11 'Winning' litigators in the United States, and in October of 2010, Ethisphere Magazine named Mr Green to its Hall of Fame honouring 'Attorneys Who Matter' in the United States. In 2003, in a nationwide poll conducted by Corporate Crime Reporter, Mr Green was selected as one of the top five white collar defence lawyers in the United States. He has been selected by his peers over 25 successive years for inclusion in the top tier of 'Best Lawyers in America,' and was recently named Best Lawyers' 2011 Washington, DC White Collar Lawyer of the Year.

Much of Mr Green's practice is devoted to counselling corporate officials in connection with state and federal criminal investigations, conducting internal investigations of alleged corporate wrongdoing and advising on the implementation of compliance and anti-fraud programmes. In recent years Mr Green has assisted the World Bank in the development of its anti-fraud and corruption unit and has conducted significant investigations for the Bank regarding the integrity of the Bank's lending programmes.

Mr Green has represented members of Congress and other public officials in responding to some of the most well-known and significant federal and congressional investigations of official misconduct. Mr Green represented former assistant attorney general Robert Mardian during the trial of the Watergate case as well as a prominent businessman and political figure in the prosecution of former Maryland governor Marvin Mandel. He also represented a senior White House official in the Studio 54 investigation during the Carter administration and defended several officials during the 'Whitewater' Independent Counsel investigations.

Currently, Mr Green represents Richard Syron, former chairman and CEO of Freddie Mac in connection with congressional testimony, a SEC investigation and other matters arising from the appointment of a conservator at Freddie Mac and the events leading up to the credit crisis.

In addition, Mr Green has represented numerous foreign and domestic corporations and corporate officials in connection with high-profile agency and grand jury investigations of allegations pertaining to a wide variety of commercial, accounting and financial fraud violations, as well as criminal anti-trust, Foreign Corrupt Practices, environmental, immigration and securities violations.

Mr Green's extensive civil and criminal litigation experience includes the following cases: United States v Anibal Acevedo-Vila et al (DPr), in March of 2009, Mr Green, as lead trial counsel, secured the acquittal of Anibal Acevedo Vila, the former Governor of Puerto Rico, in a heavily publicised six-week jury trial of two consolidated indictments; and United States v Tyson Foods (EDTenn), in 2003, Mr Green persuaded a jury to acquit Tyson Foods, Inc in a major prosecution which charged the company in a 36 count indictment with participating in a scheme to employ illegal workers in violation of the immigration laws. This victory was selected by the National Law Journal in March of 2004 as the most significant defence verdict in the year 2003.

Mr Green is a former assistant US attorney for the District of Columbia and has practised law in Washington, DC, for more than 40 years.