BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE

AMONG THE MORE NOTABLE CASES, MR. JANIS HAS REPRESENTED:

• Two senior executives of BP with respect to investigations conducted by the Department of Justice, as well as with respect to multidistrict litigation regarding the Deepwater Horizon incident;

• Albert Hakim in the Iran-Contra case, in which his client was indicted in the principal case before Judge Gesell along with John Poindexter, Oliver North and Richard Secord, as well as clients in several other independent Counsel Investigations (Meese, Passport, Clinton);

• A major defense contractor in the “Ill Wind” case as well as numerous other DOD procurement fraud investigations and parallel administrative proceedings involving proposed suspension or debarment;

• The Vice President and Controller of the company in the WorldCom case;

• An executive of British Aerospace in the investigation involving the Al Yamamah contracts between the UK and Saudi Arabia, and clients in a variety of other Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations;

• Clients in a number of antitrust investigations, including a company accused of illegal market allocation agreements and most recently individuals in investigations involving the freight forwarding industry and the polyurethane foam industry;

• The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) case in which he worked, with others in his firm, as lead law firm for BCCI;

• A large Canadian technology company in an investigation of its business practices by the FBI and the RCMP;

• Clients in several congressional investigations (three days of nationally televised hearings in the Iran-Contra case; retained with one of his partners by the Senate Ethics Committee for its investigation of Senator Alfonse D’Amato; represented a National Security Council staff member regarding the campaign finance investigation arising out of the 1996 elections);

• Clients in a number of internal investigations for DOD companies;

• Internal investigations for Boards of Directors;

• Clients in a number of SEC investigations, including investigations regarding allegations of misstatements of financials, insider trading and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations;

• Clients in a number of investigations regarding allegations of violations of U.S. export control laws;

• Clients in public corruption investigations with allegations of bribery and kickbacks involving members of Congress, state government officials, Foreign Service Officers and foreign diplomats,

• A senior financial executive with respect to regulatory requirements surrounding the client’s application to become treasurer of a nationally known financial services company;

• A bank with respect to potential Currency Transaction Reporting violations resulting from one of its bank tellers helping a drug dealer to launder money;

• A corporation as lead counsel in a lawsuit alleging that it had tortiously interfered in contractual relations brought by a large company after its contract with the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority for the provision of all of WMATA’s automatic fare collection equipment was set aside and the contract was awarded to Mr. Janis’ client. After extensive litigation, the plaintiff agreed to dismiss all claims against Mr. Janis’ client in return for an agreement not to sue the plaintiff for malicious prosecution;

• A major defense contractor as lead trial counsel in a lawsuit brought against an international aerospace company for breach of contract. The case was settled during trial with the payment by defendant of nearly $10 Million; and

• An American company in an investigation regarding allegations that a U.K. company from which it had acquired a subsidiary had intentionally misrepresented financial information provided during due diligence and in advance of the acquisition. Based on the information discovered during the investigation, Mr. Janis represented the American company in litigation in the U.S. and the U.K. which was ultimately settled with the U.K. company repaying a substantial portion of the price paid for the subsidiary.

MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES

• Admitted to practice in Washington, D.C.; also admitted in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.

• Senior Counsel, the College of Master Advocates and Barristers

• Vice Chair, White Collar Crime Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)

• Fellow, American Bar Foundation

• Member, ABA’s Presidential Task Force on the Attorney-Client Privilege

• Past Chair, Hearing Committee, Washington D.C. Bar’s Board of Professional Responsibility

• Past Chair, Committee on Grievances of the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers

• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating

• The Best Lawyers in America, 1993-present

• Super Lawyers, 2007-present

PUBLICATIONS

EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT

• B.A. with honors from the University of Wisconsin (1968)

• J.D. Harvard Law School (1972)

• Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia (1972-1976)