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Biography
Florida Bar Board Certified International Litigation and Arbitration* attorney Michael Diaz is a multilingual litigator, trial lawyer, and arbitral advocate with 38 years of experience advising clients, trying cases, and negotiating resolutions to complex civil, arbitral and criminal disputes. He has extensive experience handling visa recovery efforts, FCPA and OFAC violations, and Specially Designated Nationals classifications. He regularly counsels on preventative arbitration and litigation strategies and conducts parallel investigations in complex, high-stakes regulatory, investigative and compliance matters that involve financial fraud, international asset recovery and white-collar crime. Mr. Diaz’s sophisticated asset tracing techniques have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for U.S. receivers, financial institutions, and individual fraud victims. He has handled numerous notable, well-publicized litigation and arbitration cases, OFAC and sanctions matters, and cases of alleged money laundering and public corruption.
Mr. Diaz is recognized and ranked in Legal500 USA 2024 for “Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals”; Legal500 USA 2024 for “International Litigation”; Legal 500 Latin America 2024 for “Miami firms”, “International Arbitration” and “Compliance and Investigations”; Chambers Latin America 2025 and Chambers Global 2024 for “Corporate Crime & Investigations, Latin America-wide”; Chambers USA 2024 for “Litigation: general commercial, Florida”; Best Lawyers USA 2025 for “International Arbitration – Governmental and Commercial”; Best Lawyers Panama 2019-2020 for “Corporate and M&A”; Latinvex 2024: Latin America’s Top 100 Lawyers for “FCPA & Fraud” and “Arbitration & Litigation”; Global Investigation Review 100 (GIR100); Leaders League USA 2024 for "Investigations & White-Collar Crime"; "International Arbitration": "Commercial Litigation"; Florida Super Lawyers 2024. He is recognized by the Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys and listed among the Top Litigators in Latin America by Latinvex. Mr. Diaz has earned ongoing recognition from his peers, maintaining an AV Preeminent-rating from Martindale-Hubbell’s Peer Review rankings for more than 20 years. Mr. Diaz is a certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS).
*Only Board Certified Specialists have taken the extra step to have their competence and expertise evaluated. Board certification establishes an independent measure of competence, professionalism and peer acknowledgement. A lawyer who is board certified is recognized as “having special knowledge, skills and proficiency in the practice area and good character, ethics, and a reputation for professionalism in the practice of law.”
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Areas of Practice
Education
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D., cum laude
- University of Miami, School of Business, B.B.A., International Finance
Certifications & Specializations
- Board Certified by the Florida Bar in International Litigation & Arbitration
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
Admissions
- Florida
- 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
- Southern District of Florida
- Middle District of Florida
- U.S. Supreme Court
- 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals of New York
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
Accolades
- Legal500 USA 2024: Corporate Investigations & White-Collar Criminal Defense: advice to individuals; International Litigation
- Legal500 Latin America 2024: International Arbitration; Compliance & Investigations; Miami Firms; Corporate & M&A (Colombia); Compliance & White-Collar Crime (Colombia)
- Chambers USA 2024: “Litigation: general commercial, Florida”
- Chambers Global 2024: “Corporate Crime & Investigations, Latin America-wide”
- Chambers Latin America 2025: “Corporate Crime & Investigations, Latin America-wide”
- Global Investigation Review 100 (GIR 100), 2023 edition
- Leaders League USA 2024: Investigations & White-Collar Crime; International Arbitration; Commercial Litigation
- Latinvex Latin America’s Top 100 Lawyers 2024: FCPA & Fraud; Arbitration & Litigation
- Best Lawyers® USA 2025: International Arbitration – Commercial
- Best Lawyers® Panama 2020: Corporate and M&A
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent-rated
- Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Silver
- Florida Super Lawyers 2024: International, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Business Litigation, Immigration
- Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
Professional Leadership
- Florida Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- International Bar Association
- Cuban American Bar Association, Past-President, officer, and director
- Member, Trial Law Institute
- Member, Diversity Law Institute
- Barrister, Order of Centurions
- Advocate, Order of Certus
- International Association of Lawyers and Professional Advisors
- Miami International Arbitration Society
- National and Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Florida International Bankers Association
- Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists
- Member of the Board of Advisors of Latin America Advisor, a publication of The Dialogue, Leadership for the Americas.