James Black II, Esq.

About The Lecturer

Jim is a member of the Corporate and Securities Group.  He has over 35 years of experience in corporate and government compliance, government contracts, trade regulation, and information technology.  He has been in-house counsel for most of his career, including Northrop Grumman’s Data and Information Division, CA Technologies, where he served as Vice President, Senior Counsel, and Associate Chief Compliance Officer, and at Overseas Military Sales Group, where he was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Immediately before joining FRB, Jim was a partner at Silverman Acampora, where he led their Government Contracts and Compliance Group.

As counsel to several large government contractors in various manufacturing and development industries, Jim’s experience has included creating export compliance protocols and managing multimillion-dollar bid and proposal processes from the initial steps of government requests for information through the entire proposal procedure to final contract negotiation and award.  For example, Jim created, launched, and managed a worldwide export compliance protocol for a major software company with more than 1,000 products sold worldwide. Jim has also successfully negotiated with the Department of Defense to avoid the suspension of his client’s contracts as part of a larger government-wide settlement.

Jim has created Codes of Conduct and established compliance help lines for his clients.  This includes review of all submissions, investigation of each incident, and reports to executive management and the Board Audit Committees. He can develop customized government and corporate compliance programs as well as training courses for company personnel on key compliance issues. Jim’s expertise extends to corporate tax strategy, enhancing clients’ financial approaches. He also assists non-profit organizations, ensuring compliance with legal mandates as they pursue their goals. In addition, Jim has experience in dealing with issues related to privacy, especially the EU General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), as well as other government acquisition and trade rules and regulations.

A frequent lecturer on corporate and government compliance issues, Jim is an adjunct professor at the Maurice Deane School of Law, where he teaches Corporate Compliance and Ethics and has served as a visiting professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, where he taught courses in Government Contracts.  He is a member of the American, New York, and Nassau County Bar Associations.  He is a member of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Attorney Professionalism and the Nassau County Bar Association Ethics Committee. Jim is a member of the Catholic Lawyers’ Guild and a Knight Commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.  Jim is Vice President for North America and a United Nations Delegate of the World Jurist Association and a member of the Board of Directors of the World Law Foundation, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Import Export Association.

Bar Admissions:

• State of New York
• State of Connecticut
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• United States Supreme Court

Publications

CTA Update: Changes to Filing Requirements and Foreign Company Clarification

CTA Update: Supreme Court Lifts Injunction, BOIR Filing Still Halted by District Court Ruling

Fifth Circuit Reverses CTA Decision and Reinstates Nationwide Stay

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman Ranked in Chambers Regional Spotlight 2025

James M. Black II, Esq. Selected as Election Observer for Moldova’s Presidential Election and EU Referendum

Ninth Circuit Partially Blocks California Child Privacy Law

Dissolved But Not Forgotten: CTA Compliance for Companies Dissolved After January 2024

James M. Black II, Esq. Named Chair of Elections Commission at World Liberty Congress

Is Congress Ready to Pass a Federal Data Privacy Law?

Beyond TikTok: Unraveling the American Data Dilemma

The EU-US Data Privacy Framework: Are You in Compliance?

Constitutional Clash: U.S. District Court Landmark Decision Declares the Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional

FinCEN’s Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers

Las Vegas Cyberattacks: What Does this Mean for SEC Data Regulations & State Privacy Laws?

On the Basis of Race—Affirmative Action in Business

Five Things You Need to Know About Data Privacy Laws

Education

J.D., Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

B.A., History, Hofstra University