Program Details
2026-09-25 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-09-25 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ESTOpens with why every litigator needs a working knowledge of crypto, addressing the growth of cryptocurrency in litigation and asset recovery, common scenarios spanning divorce, fraud, judgment enforcement, and asset recovery, and the challenges posed by pseudonymous transactions. The session then turns to crypto tracing fundamentals: public blockchains and transaction records, custodial vs. self-custody wallets, the bank records to blockchain tracing workflow, and evidentiary and admissibility considerations.
Geoffrey BergAndrew C. Adams 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm ESTCovers discovery strategies for hidden digital assets, including interrogatories, document requests, depositions, Rule 45 subpoenas to exchanges, tax returns and financial records, and overcoming discovery objections. The session then addresses freezing and recovering cryptocurrency through TROs and preliminary injunctions, turnover orders and post-judgment remedies, and jurisdictional issues, Civil RICO, and forfeiture considerations, closing with practical takeaways: red flags of undisclosed crypto holdings, a tracing workflow checklist, and when to retain forensic experts.
Geoffrey BergAndrew C. AdamsGeoff Berg founded Berg PC and has spent three decades handling business, employment, civil, and cryptocurrency litigation at every stage, from filing suit through appeal, in courts across Texas. His practice today includes a dedicated crypto litigation group focused on fraud recovery and blockchain-related business disputes. He approaches every matter as a trial in the making, building strategy from a case’s inception rather than positioning for the fastest settlement, and he has compiled a record of significant trial results against major regional and national commercial trial firms.
Andrew C. Adams is a partner in Steptoe’s New York office, where he advises companies and individuals on government and internal investigations, corporate governance, and white collar and regulatory matters. His practice concentrates on anti-money laundering compliance, U.S. economic countermeasures, and national security crisis response, informed by his service as the inaugural Director of the Department of Justice’s Task Force KleptoCapture, the multi-agency group formed to enforce the sanctions and export controls imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Geoff Berg founded Berg PC and has spent three decades handling business, employment, civil, and cryptocurrency litigation at every stage, from filing suit through appeal, in courts across Texas. His practice today includes a dedicated crypto litigation group focused on fraud recovery and blockchain-related business disputes. He approaches every matter as a trial in the making, building strategy from a case’s inception rather than positioning for the fastest settlement, and he has compiled a record of significant trial results against major regional and national commercial trial firms.
Andrew C. Adams is a partner in Steptoe’s New York office, where he advises companies and individuals on government and internal investigations, corporate governance, and white collar and regulatory matters. His practice concentrates on anti-money laundering compliance, U.S. economic countermeasures, and national security crisis response, informed by his service as the inaugural Director of the Department of Justice’s Task Force KleptoCapture, the multi-agency group formed to enforce the sanctions and export controls imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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