2011 – Named as an "Up & Comer"
2010 – 2011 – included on these
years' Florida Rising Stars® list
Andrew S. Ittleman is a Founder and Partner of Fuerst Ittleman. He concentrates his practice in the areas of White Collar Criminal Defense, Anti-Money Laundering compliance, and Food and Drug Law. Mr. Ittleman litigates extensively against the United States government in civil and criminal matters.
Mr. Ittleman’s practice is primarily devoted to the representation of regulated entities in complex disputes with the United States government. Virtually all of Fuerst Ittleman’s clients are regulated by the federal government in some way, and Mr. Ittleman focuses his work on those clients which have entered into a dispute with the government regarding whether, and if so how, certain laws or regulations should apply. These disputes can take many forms. In some cases, the government will send correspondence to a regulated business advising the business that it has failed in some material way to comply with federal law. In many of these cases, such as those which begin with Cease and Desist Letters issued by state banking regulators and Warning Letters issued by FDA, the issuing agency posts the correspondence on the World Wide Web, and Mr. Ittleman is thus asked to respond with the utmost sensitivity and urgency. In other cases, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or the Department of Justice may announce itself to a regulated entity by issuing a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) or other formal demand for information, and in these cases Mr. Ittleman is requested by his clients to determine what, exactly, is being investigated and why, and to work with the government in limiting the scope of the investigation so that it does not unduly burden the client’s business.
Mr. Ittleman also represents clients which are the subjects and targets of grand jury investigations. In these cases, the violation of law which the government believes to have occurred is normally of a very significant nature, and typically the government believes that the regulated entity violated the law with specific intent and in a manner that injured members of the public or the government itself. When a client is the subject or target of a grand jury investigation, Mr. Ittleman is often retained for purposes of determining what is being investigated and how to most effectively minimize the potential fallout of the investigation. In these cases, Mr. Ittleman is required to develop a thorough understanding of the client’s business and the governing laws and regulations, and a good working relationship with the federal government and counsel to the other parties under investigation.
In many cases, both civil and criminal, litigation against the federal government is unavoidable, and Mr. Ittleman has been retained to serve as counsel in many such lawsuits. On the one hand, civil litigation may follow the government’s issuance of a warning letter, CID or Cease and Desist letter, where the government and regulated party cannot settle their dispute outside of court along mutually acceptable terms and especially where the regulated entity does not believe that it is subject to the agency’s jurisdiction. In these cases, Mr. Ittleman is often asked to sue the federal government in federal court in an effort to have the government’s conduct declared to be unlawful, and in other cases, Mr. Ittleman is called in for representation when the government has filed suit seeking to have the regulated entity’s conduct permanently enjoined. Litigating civil actions against the federal government requires Mr. Ittleman to possess a strong working knowledge of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and the Rules governing litigation in federal court.
On the other hand, in the most extreme cases, a grand jury has returned an indictment alleging that a party under investigation has violated federal law in some material way, and the party then finds itself named as a named defendant in a criminal case. In these circumstances, Mr. Ittleman is retained for purposes of challenging the grand jury’s indictment and vigorously defending his clients in court. Mr. Ittleman has represented a host of defendants in federal criminal cases, and worked for some of Miami’s most well respected criminal defense attorneys (Joel Hirschhorn, Brian Bieber, Jeffrey S. Weiner, Jeanne Baker, Mel Black) prior to joining Mr. Fuerst to form Fuerst Ittleman.
Mr. Ittleman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory University received his law degree from the University of Miami Law School in Miami, Florida. Mr. Ittleman is licensed to practice law in the State of Florida, and admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, the District of Colorado, the Northern District of Illinois, the Western District of Michigan. Mr. Ittleman has also represented clients pro hac vice in the District of Columbia, the Central and Northern Districts of California, and the District of New Jersey. Mr. Ittleman has been certified as an Anti Money Laundering Specialist by the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, and is a member of the National Money Transmitters Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Position:
Partner
Office Location:
Miami
1001 Brickell Bay Drive
32nd Floor
Miami, Florida 33131
Phone:
305.350.5690
Fax:
305.371.8989
Email:
aittleman@fuerstlaw.com
Areas of Focus:
Money Laundering Issues
White Collar Crime (including RICO & complex fraud)
Professional Licensure Issues
Criminal Forfeiture Proceedings
Complex Commercial Litigation
International Civil Litigation
FDA Litigation
Criminal Appeals
Education:
University of Miami School of Law
Coral Gables, Florida
J.D., 2004
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
B.A ., 2001
Admitted:
United States Supreme Court
Florida (2004)
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
United States Tax Court
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Areas of Practice:
White Collar Criminal Defense
Anti-Money Laundering
Complex Commercial Litigation
FDA Litigation
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
International Transportation
International Trade
Administrative Law
Appellate Practice
Health Care
Memberships
Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists
National Money Transmitters Association
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Presenter, “Regulation of a Physician’s Use of Adipose Stem Cells,” Ninth Annual Symposium on Adipose Stem Cells and Clinical Applications of Adipose Tissue, International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science (IFATS), November 4-6, 2011
- Presenter, “The Evolving Definition of Money Transmitting Business,” International Money Transmitters Conference (Los Angeles), April 13-15, 2011
- Presenter, “How United States Law Affects Non-U.S. Financial Institutions,” International Money Transmitters Conference (Miami), October 17-19, 2010
- Presenter, “The Defenders Tale: War Stories from the Field,” International Money Transmitters Conference (Miami), October 4-6, 2009 (available here)
- Panel Member, “Legal Issues Impacting MSBs: Recent Developments,” International Money Transmitters Conference (Miami), September 22-23, 2008
- Panel Member, “Ask the Experts: Money Transmitters and Money Laundering Prosecutions,” International Money Transmitters Conference (Miami), November 3-5, 2007
- Presenter, “Money Laundering, Security and Business: What are the Implications,” Spain – United States Chamber of Commerce, June 28, 2007
Publications:
Forbes.com: “Cash Is King,” March 18, 2008.
