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KEVIN SCOTT KOZAK 4 Sterling Glen Ladera Ranch, California 92694 Home: 310-678-5246; Office: 562-624-3833 kk115ae24@westpost.

net EDUCATION: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW Coral Gables, Florida. Juris Doctorate, December 1991 Florida Bar - active member CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT LONG BEACH Long Beach, California. Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice 1984 RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE: * 25 years of diverse federal law enforcement experience, including: seven years as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of Florida * Extensive management experience in budget/human resource matters * A senior experienced Incident Command System (ICS) management official * Diverse domestic and international public speaking and teaching experience * Recognized expert in intellectual property and related money laundering invest igations and prosecutions * Extensive experience in international maritime and supply chain security inves tigations UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS (HSI) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Deputy Special Agent in Charge As second in command of the largest investigative office within the Department o f Homeland Security (DHS), I am responsible for managing and directing the domes tic and international investigative activities of more than 400 special agents a nd support personnel. Duties encompass administrative, investigative and liaiso n responsibilities directed toward the identification, disruption and dismantlin g of criminal organizations committing offenses within the jurisdiction of ICE. Criminal investigations focus on national security and public safety, to includ e: maritime security, narcotics smuggling, money laundering, arms and strategic technology export enforcement, intellectual property rights violations, trade fr aud, child exploitation, critical infrastructure protection and human smuggling/ trafficking. I also serve as the senior DHS law enforcement representative on t he Central California Area Maritime Security Committee and maintain a position o n the California Governor's Maritime Security Council. Temporary assignments have included serving as the Acting Special Agent in Charg e in Los Angeles and El Paso, Texas, Acting Deputy Assistant Director for Smuggl ing and Public Safety in Washington, D.C., and representing DHS/ICE during the d evelopment of the U.S. Attorney General's National Gang Initiative. OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Special Assistant United States Attorney February 1994 - November 2000 As the first U.S. Customs Special Agent to be appointed as a Special Assistant U nited States Attorney (SAUSA), I received extensive training in trial and appell ate practice, grand jury procedures and advanced evidentiary issues in criminal prosecutions. I successfully conducted more than 30 jury trials, including two c ases of first impression in the United States: U.S. v. Brooks, involving violat ions of the U.S. embargo against Haiti; and, U.S. v. Spy Shops International, et

al., a seven-defendant trial involving the illegal importation, sale and inters tate trafficking in electronic surreptitious interception devices. I also prose cuted a multi-defendant case involving the illegal importation and attempted dis tribution of Soviet-origin surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile systems for use by narco-terrorists in the United States, U.S. v. Pogrebeskij and Darichev. September 1995 - November 2000: Economic Crimes Division. Responsible for all aspects of U.S. Customs criminal prosecutions in the areas of intellectual prope rty rights, Trading with the Enemy Act violations, Arms Export Control Act viola tions, commercial smuggling, foreign assets control violations and money launder ing. July 1994 - September 1995: Special Prosecutions Division. Prosecuted federal criminal cases in the areas of narcotics smuggling, immigration fraud, bank robb ery, violent crimes, arms trafficking, counterfeiting and money laundering. February 1994 - July 1994: Appellate Division. Researched and drafted 12 appel late briefs. Successfully argued three cases before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE MIAMI, FLORIDA Special Agent/Criminal Investigator May 1985 - February 1994 Received extensive criminal investigative experience in the areas of commercial smuggling, intellectual property rights, narcotics smuggling, arms trafficking a nd money laundering. Conducted complex international Title 21 and 31 conspiracy investigations that required close coordination with other federal, state and l ocal law enforcement agencies, as well as foreign law enforcement counterparts. Served as a member of the SAC/Miami Special Response Team for eight years. SPECIAL SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: As a recognized expert in intellectual property rights, narcotics and related mo ney laundering investigations and prosecutions, I have taught courses of instruc tion to judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officials in Asia, Latin America , the Middle East and Africa on behalf of the Justice, Treasury and Homeland Sec urity departments.

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