Greg Baldwin practices in the areas of complex commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense. He specializes in the USA PATRIOT Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Money Laundering Control Act and OFAC regulations, as well as anti-money laundering and OFAC compliance program development and implementation. Mr. Baldwin is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.
Mr. Baldwin has been a frequent speaker and lecturer on anti-money laundering criminal and regulatory compliance, as well as OFAC regulatory sanctions and compliance. Since 2000, he has made presentations on these subjects at the annual International Anti-Money Laundering Conferences sponsored by Money Laundering Alert, the Florida International Bankers Association Annual Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Conference and the Asia-Pacific Financial Crime Conference in Singapore. In April 2007 Mr. Baldwin was designated by the American Bar Association (Rule of Law Initiative) to provide training in Manila for the Philippine Bar Association on anti-money laundering, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and white collar criminal defense strategy. Mr. Baldwin has also provided senior management and employee training to private and public businesses on anti-money laundering, OFAC compliance and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He has also published articles on the USA PATRIOT Act in the National Law Journal, the Journal of Investment Compliance and the Review of Banking & Financial Services.
Mr. Baldwin served as special trial attorney to the United States Department of Justice, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, from 1974 to 1979, during which he was both a trial attorney and a supervisory trial attorney. In 1979, he was awarded the Special Commendation Award for outstanding service by the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice.
In 1979 and 1980, Mr. Baldwin was in charge of electronic surveillance and grand jury investigations as Chief of the Intelligence Unit of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.
From 1980 to 1982, Mr. Baldwin was Assistant Counsel to the United States Senate Permanent Sub-Committee on Investigations, where he was responsible for preparing and conducting Congressional investigations and hearings on a variety of subjects.
Between 1982 and 1986, Mr. Baldwin served as Assistant United States Attorney in Miami, Florida, in both the civil forfeiture division and in "Operation Greenback," the first federal multi-agency anti-money laundering task force in the United States. Mr. Baldwin was responsible for the first criminal prosecution of a bank for violation of the Bank Secrecy Act, as well as successful civil forfeitures totaling over $15 million of narcotics-related cash and other assets. He served as the Chief of Operation Greenback in 1985 and 1986. Mr. Baldwin joined the law firm of Holland and Knight in 1986, and was made a partner in 1989.
During law school, Mr. Baldwin was the Notes and Comments Editor of the Cornell International Law Journal.
Mr. Baldwin is a combat veteran of the Vietnam war. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and the Army Commendation Medal for his military service.