Robert C. Blume, Esq.
Robert C. Blume is a partner in the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and focuses on business crimes, investigations and complex civil litigation. Mr. Blume has conducted a number of internal investigations on behalf of audit committees, boards of directors and management. Mr. Blume also has evaluated and created corporate document management programs and has advised on the new electronic discovery rules. Before joining the firm, Mr. Blume spent more than seven years as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice and earned four Special Achievement Awards from the attorney general. He graduated, cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center and received his B.A. degree, with honors, from Brown University. Mr. Blume is the national co-chair of the Corporate Criminal Liability Subcommittee of the White Collar Crime Section of the American Bar Association.
Gregory E. Goldberg, Esq.
Gregory E. Goldberg is a partner with Holland & Hart LLP and practices in the firm’s Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Defense Practice Groups. Mr. Goldberg has served in the U.S. Department of Justice as an assistant U.S. attorney. He had extensive experience representing companies and individuals in commercial litigation and in responding to government and regulatory investigations, coordinating federal grand jury investigations and served as lead counsel at numerous trials. He received an A.B. degree, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College; and received a J.D. degree from Columbia University. Mr. Goldberg sits on the board of the Faculty of Federal Advocates and the executive committee of the Hon. William E. Doyle Inn of Court.
Matthew T. Kirsch, Esq.
Matthew T. Kirsch is an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Colorado. He is assigned to the Economic Crimes Unit of the Criminal Division and oversees the investigation and prosecution of a variety of white-collar crimes, including financial institution fraud, tax fraud, securities fraud, defense contracting fraud and computer crime. He also serves as bankruptcy fraud coordinator. Mr. Kirsch earned his A.B. degree, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Harvard University and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, from Duke University School of Law.
Richard Kornfeld
Richard Kornfeld is a shareholder of the Denver office of the law firm of Recht & Kornfeld, P.C.. He has been admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar, the 7th and 10th Circuit Courts of Appeals. Before entering private practice, Mr. Kornfeld prosecuted white-collar, violent and organized crimes as an assistant U.S. attorney in Chicago. He now focuses on cases with international and federal implications. Mr. Kornfeld is listed in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 editions of The Best Lawyers in America. He currently serves as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Denver Law School. Mr. Kornfeld received his B.S. degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan.
Cliff Stricklin, Esq.
Cliff Stricklin is the first assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Colorado and served as the lead prosecutor in the insider trader case against former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio. Prior to joining the office, he served on the Enron Task Force, where he presented the evidence in the fraud and conspiracy trial against former Enron executives. Prior to joining the task force, Mr. Stricklin was a state district judge in Dallas, Texas, where for four years he presided over felony criminal cases ranging from fraud and narcotic crimes to capital murder cases. He previously served eight years as an assistant U.S. attorney with the Eastern District of Texas. Mr. Stricklin is a graduate of Washington and Lee University School of Law and Baylor University. He is licensed to practice in Texas and the District of Columbia and is board certified in criminal law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
William L. Taylor, Esq.
William L. Taylor is a member of Holland & Hart LLP’s White Collar and Government Investigations Practice Group, where he focuses on corporate internal investigations, criminal defense, and data security and privacy law. As a former state and federal prosecutor, he led investigations and prosecutions of organized crime, public corruption, health care fraud, false claims, mail, wire, securities and bank fraud, immigration and customs violations, and other identity theft and threat offenses. Mr. Taylor received his B.A. degree, with distinction, from the University of Colorado and his J.D. degree from Columbia University. He is admitted to the bars of Colorado and the District of Columbia.
Michael C. Theis, Esq.
Michael C. Theis is a partner in the Denver office of Hogan & Hartson. He focuses on health care fraud and abuse litigation and counseling, federal and state False Claims Act litigation, government investigations and white collar criminal defense. As the criminal health care fraud coordinator for the District of Colorado, he was responsible for supervising the district’s investigations and prosecutions of health care fraud, federal anti-kickback offenses, and violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Mr. Theis received a B.S. degree, with distinction, from Colorado State University and a J.D. degree from the University of Colorado School of Law.
John F. Walsh
John F. Walsh has been a member and shareholder of Hill & Robbins, P.C., since 1999 and focuses his practice on complex civil litigation and class actions. In addition, he maintains an active practice in internal investigations and the defense of white-collar criminal investigations. Mr. Walsh is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and the Chambers USA Guide to Leading American Business Lawyers. His practice spans state and federal courts in Colorado and around the United States. From 1993 to 1995, he served as chief of the Major Frauds Section in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Mr. Walsh received his B.A. degree, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Williams College and his J.D. degree, with honors and Order of the Coif, from Stanford Law School, where he was senior notes editor of the Stanford Law Review.
