ROBERT W. TARUN

Mr. Tarun, a former Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney and Deputy Chief of the Criminal Receiving and Appellate Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago, is admitted to practice in California and Illinois. He has tried over 50 jury cases across the United States and has led sensitive multinational investigations in over 60 countries. A Fellow and former Regent of the American College of Trial Lawyers, he was named Best Lawyers in America® 2017 White-Collar Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year in San Francisco.

Mr. Tarun served as the first criminal antitrust monitor in U.S. history (United States v. AU Optronics, USDC ND Cal). He taught as a Lecturer-in-Law White Collar Criminal Practice for five years at the University of Chicago Law School. He co-authored THE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT HANDBOOK (ABA) , winner of the 2024 Book of the Year in Law by American BookFest, and CORPORATE INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS (Law Journal Press). His legal articles have appeared in The New Law Journal (London), LITIGATION (ABA), and The American Criminal Law Review (published by Georgetown University Law Center). He has lectured to the staff of the UK Serious Fraud Office and the Australian Antitrust Commission. He has counseled private audiences in Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, the People's Republic of China, South Korea, Taiwan and Ukraine, He has advised numerous boards of directors of multinational companies.

Mr. Tarun holds an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University and a Certificate of Novel Writing from Stanford University..