Miriam Weismann

Education

Masters of Law in Taxation Chicago Kent College of Law JD, Law DePaul University

Areas of Expertise

Business Ethics Corporate Governance Business Law Tax White Collar Crime International Law

Miriam F. Weismann is a clinical professor of business law and tax in Florida International University’s School of Accounting and the academic director of the university’s Healthcare MBA program. She was previously a tenured professor teaching in the JD/MBA graduate program and undergraduate business school at Suffolk University in Boston. Her research focus includes white collar crime, financial fraud, corporate governance, international law, taxation, and legal ethics. She has published in such prestigious journals as the Journal of Business Ethics and the Journal of World Business and has published three recent books, “Corporate Crime and Financial Fraud;” Parallel Proceedings: Navigating Multiple Case Prosecutions” and Money Laundering: Legislation, Regulation & Enforcement.” Weismann practiced law for almost 30 years before entering academia. She was a capital partner in a national law firm. There, she handled white collar criminal defense work and major securities and tax-related litigation. She also argued a case before the United States Supreme Court. In 1991, she joined the United States Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, New York, as an assistant federal prosecutor, assigned to the Business and Securities Fraud division. She later served as supervisory assistant special counsel in the Office of Special Counsel John C. Danforth in the WACO investigation. In 2003, she was appointed by President Bush to serve as the United States attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. Her major case prosecutions include the Ford/Firestone investigations and the prosecution of Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Exide Technologies in connection with the DieHard battery. She also prosecuted organized crime and public corruption cases. While serving as a federal prosecutor she received the Director’s Award for excellence in the prosecution of a major public corruption case from then Attorney General Janet Reno and numerous case prosecution awards from the FBI, IRS, DEA, and Postal Inspection Service.