- Getnick Law has played a critical role in the development of independent monitoring and its ethical standards. Margaret J. Finerty, who coordinates the firm’s independent monitoring practice, served as a member of the American Bar Association’s Task Force on Corporate Monitors.
- Neil V. Getnick, the firm’s Managing Partner, is an original founder of the International Association of International Private Sector Inspectors General (“IAIPSIG”) and has served as the Association’s Chairman and President.
- Following Congressional Hearings in which Neil V. Getnick testified, a House Subcommittee on Homeland Security identified IPSIGs Code of Ethics as a “Best Practice” in its report on preventing waste, fraud and abuse in federal 9/11 assistance to New York.
- Getnick Law attorneys co-authored the foundation reports on the IPSIG and the IAIPSIG Code of Ethics. The firm also prepared and presented testimony in support of independent monitoring locally and before the United States Congress. The National Law Journal formally endorsed the IAIPSIG Code of Conduct saying that it “defines independence” and the IPSIG mechanism became the principal monitoring means employed by New York City in its citywide anti-corruption programs.
- Internationally, Getnick Law has presented independent monitoring concepts in various settings, including the International Anti-Corruption Conferences in Lima, Peru, and Durban, South Africa, and in Belfast for the Northern Ireland Government.
- Getnick Law partners have presented at numerous CLE seminars on corporate monitoring, including those sponsored by the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association, and the Federal Bar Council.
Independent Monitoring
Getnick Law views independent monitoring as a business integrity tool for mainstream business as well as a means for reform for corruption-prone companies and industries. We focus on controls, deterrence, and detection in the broader context of a company’s financial and business imperatives.
Demonstrated Monitorship Experience
Getnick Law has successfully deployed our monitoring teams across a wide variety of significant assignments and industries and has a proven record working closely with federal, state, and local government authorities.
- We have undertaken monitoring projects in the school construction, plumbing, elevator, and commercial carting industries.
- After 9/11, we were appointed by the City of New York to serve as an integrity monitor for the World Trade Center disaster clean-up.
- When the premier thoroughbred racing franchise in New York State was indicted on multiple federal charges, our firm was appointed by the US District Court as the Monitor for the New York Racing Association pursuant to the terms of a deferred prosecution agreement. Upon the conclusion of that engagement, the Comptroller of the State of New York extolled the Getnick team “for their unfailing integrity, expertise, dedication and business acumen during the course of this monitorship.”
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