Mr. Dizik advises publicly held, private and not-for-profit institutions on integrity issues, including development and evaluation of ethics and compliance programs, independent and internal investigations, asset tracing and recovery, security reviews and design, institutional structure and culture, risk oversight, board and committee structure, board and executive leadership, and audits and assessments. Mr. Dizik, who is a member of the Washington D.C. and New York Bars is frequently called on to advise board directors and executive officers regarding sensitive matters and in response to their most public and private crises.
He advises clients on all aspects of emerging technology including virtual healthcare, cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFT’s), blockchain, financial technology, artificial intelligence, data governance and protection, privacy, cybersecurity, and intermediation. Mr. Dizik is regularly asked to conduct investigations for victims of fraud on the blockchain involving stolen crypto assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and high value NFTs. He is skilled at tracing across the blockchain and web3 to unmask perpetrators of cyber and crypto fraud whether that exercise begins with an anonymous private wallet, an anonymized Twitter or Instagram account, or a transaction consummated on an NFT exchange. He also leads the development of compliance programs for social media companies, and NFT projects launched and promoted across social media platforms.
Mr. Dizik advises virtual healthcare industry clients on all aspects of ethics and compliance program evaluation and development. His practice is particularly concentrated on virtual health, fraud and abuse, information security, privacy, data strategies and digital health matters. He is particularly adept at building core compliance, privacy and information security programs and business continuity and incident response plans all involving vulnerabilities to ePHI and data for virtual healthcare companies. Mr. Dizik is regularly asked to lead SOC2, HIPAA/HITECH and HITRUST readiness examinations and remediation efforts. He also advises healthcare clients, including covered entities and business associates, regarding compliance with HIPAA/HITECH and other federal and state privacy, security, and incident response compliance requirements. Mr. Dizik also provides anti-kickback and Stark Act compliance advice including fair market valuations for MSO fees. Additionally, Mr. Dizik serves as an internal auditor for a virtual healthcare client, and regularly provides HIPAA Security Rule risk assessments, registers and remediation plans.
Mr. Dizik’s practice is general and broad, and in addition to the above specialties he also frequently is asked by clients to develop compliance programs and conduct independent and internal investigations relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), sexual abuse, harassment and violence, health care fraud, government program fraud, bribery and the Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act (FCA), cybersecurity, privacy including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), government contracting fraud, securities and commodities regulations, financial integrity, trade sanctions, anti-money laundering, accounting fraud, tax fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, public corruption, and institutional integrity matters. Mr. Dizik has extensive experience advising academic, faith-based, and other organizations in matters involving trauma as well as reviews of their security programs and related design. He is sensitive to the complex issues faced by victims of traumatic events and leads his investigations and assessments with independence and compassion. Mr. Dizik also conducts anti-corruption compliance due diligence for clients engaging in geographical locations with high corruption risk.
Highlights of Mr. Dizik’s experience, include but are not limited to the following:
Prior Legal Work
Prior to joining Guidepost, Mr. Dizik was an associate attorney in an AmLaw 20 international law firm’s white-collar investigations and financial institutions regulatory practice and co-manager of its financial regulatory reform working group. Prior to that, he served as a research consultant to the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, a 501(c)(3) research organization dedicated to improving the regulation of US capital markets.
Mr. Dizik had brief stints in the SEC’s Offices of International Affairs and Ethics Counsel, where he focused on the international enforcement of the federal securities laws, provided technical assistance to foreign regulators, and advised on the development of the Commission’s insider trading compliance program.
Community Engagement
He is a member of the Detroit Jewish Federation’s Local Agency Planning and Business Practices Committee overseeing the Federation’s nearly two dozen agencies and is a member of the Jewish Federation of North America’s National Young Leadership Cabinet and Security Task Force.
Mr. Dizik’s pro bono practice includes advising survivors of sexual abuse and related misconduct and other forms of trauma on best practice approaches to prevention, early identification and response. He also provides pro bono investigations and asset tracing for victims of cybercrime involving the theft of NFTs, cryptocurrency and other forms of digital and crypto assets.
Education
Mr. Dizik is a recipient of Michigan State University’s Distinguished Young Alumni Award from where he holds a J.D., cum laude and a B.A. in Political Theory and a specialization in Political Economy from its James Madison College. Additionally, he holds an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center which recognized him for “extraordinary academic performance” in International White-Collar Crime. He received the Federal Bar Association’s Edward H. Rakow Scholarship Award for academic excellence in corporate and securities law.
Integrity Monitorships and Fiduciary Services
Mr. Dizik’s experience includes leadership roles on the following receivership and federal integrity monitorships: culture change initiatives arising out of GM’s deferred prosecution settlement of charges related to making and selling cars with defective ignition switches.
Ethics and Compliance Programs
Mr. Dizik assists clients with the development of ethics and compliance programs; codes of ethical conduct and related roll outs including systems thinking initiatives involving cross-functional and cross-organizational ethics and compliance champions; training programs; security and safety assessments; and compliance monitoring programs leveraging complex data generally.
Investigations
Mr. Dizik is regularly called upon to lead anti-corruption and anti-bribery investigations:
Crisis Strategy and Response
Mr. Dizik advises publicly held, private and not-for-profit institutions on integrity issues, including development and evaluation of ethics and compliance programs, independent and internal investigations, asset tracing and recovery, security reviews and design, institutional structure and culture, risk oversight, board and committee structure, board and executive leadership, and audits and assessments. Mr. Dizik, who is a member of the Washington D.C. and New York Bars is frequently called on to advise board directors and executive officers regarding sensitive matters and in response to their most public and private crises.
He advises clients on all aspects of emerging technology including virtual healthcare, cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFT’s), blockchain, financial technology, artificial intelligence, data governance and protection, privacy, cybersecurity, and intermediation. Mr. Dizik is regularly asked to conduct investigations for victims of fraud on the blockchain involving stolen crypto assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and high value NFTs. He is skilled at tracing across the blockchain and web3 to unmask perpetrators of cyber and crypto fraud whether that exercise begins with an anonymous private wallet, an anonymized Twitter or Instagram account, or a transaction consummated on an NFT exchange. He also leads the development of compliance programs for social media companies, and NFT projects launched and promoted across social media platforms.
Mr. Dizik advises virtual healthcare industry clients on all aspects of ethics and compliance program evaluation and development. His practice is particularly concentrated on virtual health, fraud and abuse, information security, privacy, data strategies and digital health matters. He is particularly adept at building core compliance, privacy and information security programs and business continuity and incident response plans all involving vulnerabilities to ePHI and data for virtual healthcare companies. Mr. Dizik is regularly asked to lead SOC2, HIPAA/HITECH and HITRUST readiness examinations and remediation efforts. He also advises healthcare clients, including covered entities and business associates, regarding compliance with HIPAA/HITECH and other federal and state privacy, security, and incident response compliance requirements. Mr. Dizik also provides anti-kickback and Stark Act compliance advice including fair market valuations for MSO fees. Additionally, Mr. Dizik serves as an internal auditor for a virtual healthcare client, and regularly provides HIPAA Security Rule risk assessments, registers and remediation plans.
Mr. Dizik’s practice is general and broad, and in addition to the above specialties he also frequently is asked by clients to develop compliance programs and conduct independent and internal investigations relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), sexual abuse, harassment and violence, health care fraud, government program fraud, bribery and the Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act (FCA), cybersecurity, privacy including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), government contracting fraud, securities and commodities regulations, financial integrity, trade sanctions, anti-money laundering, accounting fraud, tax fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, public corruption, and institutional integrity matters. Mr. Dizik has extensive experience advising academic, faith-based, and other organizations in matters involving trauma as well as reviews of their security programs and related design. He is sensitive to the complex issues faced by victims of traumatic events and leads his investigations and assessments with independence and compassion. Mr. Dizik also conducts anti-corruption compliance due diligence for clients engaging in geographical locations with high corruption risk.
Highlights of Mr. Dizik’s experience, include but are not limited to the following:
Prior Legal Work
Prior to joining Guidepost, Mr. Dizik was an associate attorney in an AmLaw 20 international law firm’s white-collar investigations and financial institutions regulatory practice and co-manager of its financial regulatory reform working group. Prior to that, he served as a research consultant to the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, a 501(c)(3) research organization dedicated to improving the regulation of US capital markets.
Mr. Dizik had brief stints in the SEC’s Offices of International Affairs and Ethics Counsel, where he focused on the international enforcement of the federal securities laws, provided technical assistance to foreign regulators, and advised on the development of the Commission’s insider trading compliance program.
Community Engagement
He is a member of the Detroit Jewish Federation’s Local Agency Planning and Business Practices Committee overseeing the Federation’s nearly two dozen agencies and is a member of the Jewish Federation of North America’s National Young Leadership Cabinet and Security Task Force.
Mr. Dizik’s pro bono practice includes advising survivors of sexual abuse and related misconduct and other forms of trauma on best practice approaches to prevention, early identification and response. He also provides pro bono investigations and asset tracing for victims of cybercrime involving the theft of NFTs, cryptocurrency and other forms of digital and crypto assets.
Education
Mr. Dizik is a recipient of Michigan State University’s Distinguished Young Alumni Award from where he holds a J.D., cum laude and a B.A. in Political Theory and a specialization in Political Economy from its James Madison College. Additionally, he holds an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center which recognized him for “extraordinary academic performance” in International White-Collar Crime. He received the Federal Bar Association’s Edward H. Rakow Scholarship Award for academic excellence in corporate and securities law.
Integrity Monitorships and Fiduciary Services
Mr. Dizik’s experience includes leadership roles on the following receivership and federal integrity monitorships: culture change initiatives arising out of GM’s deferred prosecution settlement of charges related to making and selling cars with defective ignition switches.
Ethics and Compliance Programs
Mr. Dizik assists clients with the development of ethics and compliance programs; codes of ethical conduct and related roll outs including systems thinking initiatives involving cross-functional and cross-organizational ethics and compliance champions; training programs; security and safety assessments; and compliance monitoring programs leveraging complex data generally.
Investigations
Mr. Dizik is regularly called upon to lead anti-corruption and anti-bribery investigations:
Crisis Strategy and Response