Michael R. Pauze — Partner at King & Spalding

Mr. Michael R. Pauze is a Partner at King & Spalding LLP. Previously, Mr. Pauze served as Deputy Chief of the Southern Division in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland since 2009. He was an Associate in King & Spalding's Washington, D.C., office from 1994 to 1999. Mr. Pauze is expected to focus on government and corporate internal investigations and litigation relating to financial matters such as tax and accounting fraud, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and life sciences sector, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other matters related to federal enforcement actions. Mr. Pauze joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in Greenbelt, Maryland, in 2004, serving as an assistant U.S. attorney before becoming deputy chief of the Southern Division. He directed a wide range of prosecutions including offenses involving tax and corporate fraud, the Bank Secrecy Act, false statements and claims to federal agencies, regulatory violations and public corruption. Formerly, he was a trial attorney on the DOJ's Enron Task Force and in the criminal enforcement section of the DOJ's tax division. He led the investigation of potential tax violations in connection with the collapse of Enron Corporation, securing the conviction of a company assistant treasurer. He also headed, in multiple U.S. jurisdictions, investigations and prosecutions of tax offenses collectively involving the concealment of hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue by U.S. and foreign corporations. Mr. Pauze earned a J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University Law School and a B.S. in Finance, with high distinction, from Indiana University. He received numerous awards from the U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Department of Justice for superior performance and excellence as a lawyer.