Diana joined Wiley following a distinguished career in government. As the former Acting Inspector General of the U.S. Department of State and a former senior official at the Department of Homeland Security, she brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to clients facing challenging public policy and other matters that combine legal and political risks and opportunities. Diana’s experience spans the full scope of congressional and executive branch investigations — from targeted information requests triggering little public attention, to some of the most high-profile and contentious investigations and oversight hearings posing significant legal, political, and reputational risks.

During her time at the Department of State, she led the Office of Inspector General’s criminal and civil investigative programs, which conducted numerous domestic and cross-border investigations of allegations of bid-rigging, bribery, kickbacks, fraud, and False Claims Act violations involving large U.S. and multi-national corporations. She has extensive experience investigating and auditing government contracting matters to assess and address potential non-compliance with federal regulations. She has also investigated some of the most senior officials in government (both political appointees and civil service executives) for ethics violations and other serious misconduct.

Diana understands that, often, the best defense against a government enforcement action is a strong compliance program. She has cultivated a deep understanding of key statutory compliance risk areas, including compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.K. Bribery Act, False Claims Act, Medicare compliance guidelines, and securities laws. She conducts risk assessments and compliance program assessments and can develop and/or recommend enhancements to compliance programs for clients across a wide range of industries.

Drawing on her experience conducting risk and compliance program assessments, Diana can advise clients in matters involving institutional culture and social responsibility. She has overseen investigations involving workplace misconduct, harassment, and discrimination. She has also developed and led diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs and initiatives, conducted workplace culture assessments, and advised on organizational health matters.

Henrique Forssell is one of the founding partners of DFA, with extensive experience advising judicial administrators, foreign liquidators and financial institutions in the identification of bankruptcy and bank fraud of national repercussion. In the past ten years, he has been appointed by several judicial authorities to lead and coordinate some of the most important international asset recovery processes in Brazil. Since 2011, he has been a member of FraudNet, an organization established by the International Chamber of Commerce (International Chamber of Commerce), which selects highly qualified lawyers experienced in asset recovery in each country. He was appointed as a reference lawyer in Brazil in the area of ​​recovery of fraudulent assets by the English magazine Who's Who Legal.

Karen Fellowes, K.C. is a Senior Counsel at Stikeman Elliott LLP and is the Western Canadian Leader for their national Restructuring & Insolvency Group. Her practice is based in Calgary and Vancouver.   She specializes in protecting the interests of stakeholders including creditors, debtors, Trustees, Monitors, Receivers in commercial re-organizations, workouts, restructurings and proceedings under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.  

Karen is the President and Chair of Pro Bono Law Alberta, a provincial organization which runs free legal advice and duty counsel clinics at Courthouses in Calgary and Edmonton.  In 2024, Karen will serve as Global Chair of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC).  IWIRC is dedicated to the promotion and advancement of women in the insolvency profession and has over 2300 members in 57 networks worldwide.  In addition, Karen is part of a delegation to Working Group V of UNCITRAL, and attended the recent sessions relating to asset tracing and choice of law in Vienna and New York.   She also sits on the Board of the Advocates Society’s Insolvency Litigation practice group.

Karen was honoured with a King’s Counsel (K.C.) designation in 2020.

Zack Bluestone is a Principal in the Washington, DC/New York offices of Bluestone, P.C., where he focuses his practice on the enforcement of judgments and arbitration awards, as well as related cross-border recovery and commercial disputes. Recent matters have concerned investment fraud, 1782 applications, insurance fraud in telecom, cryptocurrency exchange hacks, economic torts against governmental bad actors, and enforcement actions against sovereigns.

Zack regularly represents governmental agencies and insurers, investors, litigation funders, digital asset issuers, corporates, and others involved in global finance and trade. Clients call on Zack to litigate complicated issues through trial, master difficult facts, and pursue all available avenues to obtain a recovery, often involving sensitive contractual and business issues. These disputes typically encompass multiple jurisdictions and several potential parties and claims, presenting often complex enforcement questions.