Attorney George A. Lambert, Esq. of The Lambert Law Firm. Profile and Highlights in Professional Work
Admissions. Attorney Lambert is a member of the bar in

• District of Columbia (DC bar #979327),
• Florida (FL bar #1022697),
• Massachusetts (MA bar #568769).

Admissions to the U.S. Court of Appeals

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Admissions at U.S. District Courts

• U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

REPRESENTATIVE CASES AND PROFESSIONAL WORK

• Consulting provided to multiple clients who face or could face extradition to the U.S. Short of the court matters published in the public domain, no clients allow the names to be disclosed.
• A representative case litigated in the U.S. District Courts Case 1:21-mc-00158, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Lambert’s representative work product for extradition defense: Petition to Quash Extradition Application to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Attorney Lambert filed the appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals, Circuit for DC, case #22-5119. The appellate matter was voluntarily closed as moot.
• Attorney Lambert argued before foreign courts. As a public speaker, Lambert delivered lectures on international law in France (Nancy, University de Lorraine, ICN Business School), and Italy (Turin).
• Attorney Lambert has been consulting international clients who suspect they may be on the Red List of Interpol.
• Attorney Lambert was in the team that successfully litigated, the case 97cr12180, in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, resulting in a favorable judgment for $18,344,480.
• Attorney Lambert was in the team that litigated the case Universal Trading & Investment vs. Bassington Ltd., case 11cv12212, U.S. District for the District of Massachusetts and obtained a judgment by default for $23,085,465.
• Litigated the case Kinojuz I.P. vs. IRP International, Igor Erlich et al., on behalf of Kazakh plaintiff, case 1:11-cv-00299 Eastern District of New York, winning upon trial $200,000 plus interest. Judgment debtors appealed, case 16-3900-cv in the 2nd Circuit, confirming the judgment, on November 28, 2017.
• Acting pro hac vice, Lambert obtained a judgment by default in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, case 10cv1777, Leyko Trading v. Likhachev et al., for over $400,000. Lambert filed, through local counsel, enforcement action in the Supreme Court of the Seychelles Islands, where the judgment debtor was relocated.
• Acting pro hac vice, Lambert obtained in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut a dismissal of a judgment by default for $950,000, against a Canadian national, captioned Cook ex rel. Maya’s Meals v. Toidze et al. Lambert successfully argued lack of jurisdiction for annulling the judgment against the client, case citation: 950 F.Supp.2d 386, D.Conn. The federal case, with the judgment annulled, was dismissed, followed by the dismissal of a State court action against the client.
• Litigated in 2010-2022, the matter Turan Petroleum Inc. v. Ministry of Oil & Gas of Kazakhstan, case 10cv2102, District Court for the District of Columbia. Despite the extensive record, the Court dismissed for lack of jurisdiction over the foreign agency, 406 F. Supp. 3d 1 (D.D.C. 2019). The ruling was appealed, and the U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed, case No. 21-7023 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 25, 2022).
• Litigated the matter asserting human rights, S.K. Innovation et al. v. Financial Police of Kazakhstan (Finpol), case 10-138, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 854 F. Supp. 2d 99 (D.D.C. 2012). The action dismissed for lack of jurisdiction over Finpol, but it helped two clients in Kazakhstan to improve their prison conditions and reduce their sentences in Kazakhstan. A description of the case is at https://www.courthousenews.com/brothers-describe-brutalities-of-kazakhstan/
• Successful recovery of the claimant’s funds ($880,000) forfeited by the U.S. government, under criminal forfeiture statutes, U.S. vs. P. Iwuanyanwu, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 19cr10119.
• Experience in taking on criminal matters with large or record-setting volumes of documents in evidence, 2.6 million files from the government in one case (over 10 million pages).
• Argued before the 12-member and 6-member juries, U.S. District Courts.
• Litigated claims based on the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1961 et seq., use in civil cases.
• Filed successful Motions to Quash the Government Subpoenas in 3 cases, in the U.S. District Courts.
• Research and backup attorney for defense teams in larger cases.
• Multiple occasions of criminal matters arising in immigration cases, defending clients.

BACKGROUND IN RESEARCH, EDITORIAL WORK, PUBLICATIONS

• – Contributing editor to STERLING GROUP, Inc., London, U.K., 1993-95, for Investment Strategies in the Former Soviet Union (30,000 circulation).
• – Contributing editor for WORLD TRADE EXECUTIVE, Inc., Concord, MA, 1991-98, monthly East West Executive Guide on commerce and legal regulations.
• – Research fellow, HARVARD CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS at HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA, 1992-94.
• – Research associate, HARVARD UKRAINIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Cambridge, MA, 1995-97.

EDUCATION:

• – M.P.A. (master of public administration)

Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, 1991-92; Focus: administration, microeconomics, macroeconomics, management, economics, finance, accounting, mathematics.

• – M.A. (master of arts)

Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, MA, 1990-92; Focus: international law, economics, management.

• – S.J.D. equivalent, in International Law,

Academy of MFA, Moscow, 1986-89; Focus: law of international organizations, comparative law, dissertation defended.

• – Ph.D.-equivalent, History, MFA Academy of the USSR, Moscow, 1984-86; Focus: political science and history, dissertation defended.
• – M.B.A.-equivalent, cum laude, in International Finance and Banking, State Institute-University for International Relations, Moscow, 1974-80;
• Focus: banking, accounting, finance, international law, languages.

STUDIES IN LAW:

• – Academy of American and International Law, University of Texas, Dallas;
• – Program in International human rights law in the name of Rene Cassin, Schumann University, Strasbourg, France;
• – Suffolk University Law School, Boston, evening studies.

SPECIAL EXPERTISE:

• In the course of his investigative expertise related to the jurisdictions in Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Switzerland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and St. Kitts.

PUBLICATIONS:

• five books, including two in international law;
• about 80 professional articles, published in the U.S. and in U.K.

AWARDS: Receiver of a research grant by the U.S. INSTITUTE OF PEACE, funded by Congress, in Washington, D.C. (1993)
LANGUAGES: French, German, Italian, and Russian.
OFFICES AND ADDRESSES:
For George Lambert’s contact information, the Lambert Law Firm’s offices:

• 1025 Connecticut Ave., 1000 NW, Washington DC 20036;
• 100 Cambridge St., 14th Floor, Boston, MA 02114;
• 323 Sunny Isles Blvd, Ste 700, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160

For more information on the Lambert Law Firm offices:
www.law-lambert.com;
www.law-miami-lambert.com;
www.law-boston-lambert.com.