Services
Kouril Law Office, P.C. is a Long Island based firm with a metropolitan area wide practice. The firm brings to the table an array of investigative, forensic, legal and law enforcement skills. Cynthia A. Kouril has extensive public sector and prosecutorial experience at both the municipal and federal level and maintains a network of professional relationships with law enforcement agencies at all levels.
The firm offers its services to individual and corporate clients and provides services to corporate directors. These services include independent investigations, compliance programs, organizational monitorships and independent private sector inspector general services, litigations and appeals. The firm regularly represents municipal and county governments and their agencies.
Ms. Kouril is a former Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York under several different U.S. Attorneys, former counsel to the Inspector General for the N.Y.C.Department of Environmental Protection where she investigated threats to the New York City water supply and other environmental crimes, as well as public corruption and fraud against the government, and a former Examining Attorney at the N.Y.C. Department of Investigation She authored the policy document for the County of Nassau proposing the establishment of a new Department of Investigation to combat waste, fraud and abuse and outlining how such a department could be built from scratch. That proposal was adopted by then County Executive Suozzi and the plan was put into effect. Prior to the appointment of the new Nassau County Commissioner of Investigations, Ms. Kouril on behalf of the firm and aided by NGH Associates, conducted two investigations for Nassau County on an IPSIG (Independent Private Sector Inspector General) basis. One of those investigations resulted in a criminal referral to the FBI. The other, a background investigation into a firm and its principals proposing to do business with the County that would involve significant investment of County resources, uncovered evidence of prior failures of similar projects by this vendor, an unfavorable litigation history and questionable financial and business practices. Upon reviewing the information uncovered, the County abandoned the proposal.
Ms. Kouril completed a large scale Medicaid fraud investigation on behalf of another county government which resulted in a referral to the United States Attorney’s Office. She successfully pursued the recovery of funds embezzled from a company by a manager of one of its Chinese subsidiaries and successfully unmasked the trail of laundered money resulting in the recovery of the funds. She has also been a monitor for a multi-national multi billion dollar company with a sole source government contract.
In addition to complex corporate and commercial litigation representation, Kouril Law Office, P.C. offers the following specialized services to municipal and corporate clients:
Litigation and Appeals : The firm offers the full spectrum of litigation and appeals in both New York State Courts and in Federal Court up to and including the Supreme Cort of the United States.
Corporate Compliance Programs: The firm helps corporate clients to develop, implement and improve corporate compliance which are increasingly required by recently enacted laws, regulations and government policies. Current case law and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act raise the very real possibility that directors may face personal liability for failing to require that their corporations implement compliance programs. The existence of a meaningful compliance program can provide the basis for the Department of Justice declining to prosecute the corporation itself in the face of employee wrongdoing.
To provide the entire spectrum of legal auditing and investigative services as they may be needed, we have assembled a team of investigators, forensic accountants and related technical experts.
Prior results do not guarantee similar outcome.
Corporate Compliance Programs: The firm helps corporate clients to develop, implement and improve corporate compliance which are increasingly required by recently enacted laws, regulations and government policies. Current case law and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act raise the very real possibility that directors may face personal liability for failing to require that their corporations implement compliance programs. The existence of a meaningful compliance program can provide the basis for the Department of Justice declining to prosecute the corporation itself in the face of employee wrongdoing.
To provide the entire spectrum of legal auditing and investigative services as they may be needed, we have assembled a team of investigators, forensic accountants and related technical experts.
Prior results do not guarantee similar outcome.
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Services for Corporate Directors: Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporate boards or committees thereof are required to seek independent advice regarding their company’s compliance with the law. Proposed regulations of both the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ indicate that directors must have the authority to engage and fund independent counsel and other advisors necessary to provide them with information and advice sufficient to enable them to exercise independent review over proposed corporate actions rather than unquestioningly ratifying the recommendations made by management.
Independent Investigations: When charges of wrongdoing emanate from audit results, a whistleblower or as a consequence of a routine government review, top management and the board of directors need to learn all the facts about the matter. Complete and accurate information is a critical tool that will allow management to respond to external investigations, rebut false charges, maintain investor and public confidence and make informed decisions. Institution of an independent investigation also transforms the corporation’s posture from defensive to proactive by allowing the corporation to uncover the truth itself and demonstrate that it will take prompt action to resolve its own problems without the need for government intervention. |
Monitorships and IPSIG Services: In some instances, such as contracting with government agencies or as a result of criminal prosecution or consent decree, the contractor or corporate target is required to engage the services of an independent private sector inspector general (IPSIG) or monitor to assess the company’s compliance with relevant laws and regulations and to deter, detect and report on illegal or unethical conduct on the part of corporate officers and employees, contractors, suppliers and agents.
IPSIG Services Directly to Government Entities: From time to time, government entities require outside IPSIG services to provide investigation, audit or legal services, either because of a conflict of interest, to augment the government entities limited staff, or because specialized expertise is required for a discrete project. Retaining IPSIG services directly allows the governmental entity the flexibility of optional staff on an as needed basis without commitment to a permanent increase in head count. |
Contract Compliance and Claims Preservation & Litigation: Because near perfect compliance with the terms of large, complex, usually government, contracts is a prerequisite for claims preservation, the firm has decades long experience in successfully aiding contractors in compliance, change order documentation and claims preservation and prosecution, including appellate advocacy and disputes with subcontractors and backcharge litigation.
RIA Compliance: The firm offers cost effective compliance programs for small Registered Investment Advisors and can perform may of the required filings on behalf of the client. For Intellectual Property Clients: The firm offers deal memos, work for hire contracts, employment contracts, freelance contracts, copyright services, marketing contracts, sales contracts and related services. |