Practice & Industry Groups
Overview
Viviana Vasiu is a former Special Assistant United States Attorney (SAUSA) for the District of Columbia and Eastern District of Virginia. She handles complex litigation matters at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts. Viviana has experience investigating and prosecuting dozens of multi-district and international money laundering and asset forfeiture matters.
Areas of Concentration
- Anti-Money Laundering
- Appeals
- Corporate & Securities Litigation
- International
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- White Collar Defense & Investigations
Prior to joining the firm, Viviana was selected as one of 200 fellows since 1973 to serve as a United States Supreme Court Fellow with the U.S. Sentencing Commission. She served on several policy teams conducting policy, legal, and social science research on the cutting edge of criminal sentencing reform for the development of federal sentencing guidelines at the national level.
As a former SAUSA, Viviana investigated and prosecuted numerous criminal and civil cases on behalf of the United States. On the criminal side, her caseload included wire fraud conspiracies (Money Mule Initiative), mail fraud (Elder Justice Initiative), narcotics, firearms, embezzlement, DUI’s, aggravated identity theft, and immigration matters.
Notable Experience
- Prosecuted a six-million-dollar health care fraud case and a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) conspiracy to steal trade secrets by the world’s largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., magna cum laude, Stetson University College of Law, 2018
- Stetson Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
- American Law Institute Scholarship and Leadership Award
- Semi-Finalist: Opening Statement, Closing Argument, and Chief Justice Oral Argument Advocacy Competitions
- Research Assistant for Gary R. Trombley Family White-Collar Crime Professor Ellen S. Podgor
- Teaching Fellow for Research and Writing II
- B.A., summa cum laude, Stetson University, 2015
- Etter McTeer Turner Valedictorian Award
Admissions
- Florida
- The Supreme Court of the United States
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Languages
- Romanian (Native)
- Spanish (Fluent)
- Italian (Conversational)
- French (Conversational)
Judicial Clerkships
- Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Gregory H. Woods, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Anthony E. Porcelli, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida