The federal court has granted the request of Patrick J. Smith, a federal prosecutor who has been named a New York \u201csuper lawyer,\u201d to be admitted to practice in the District Court for the CNMI and serve as one of the counsels for Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Casino in a criminal case.<\/p>\n
In an order on Thursday, U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona said Smith is in good standing as an active member of the New York State Bar.<\/p>\n
Manglona granted Smith\u2019s application for admission to represent Hong Kong Entertainment (Overseas) Investment Ltd., owner of Tinian Dynasy, in the criminal case filed against the company by the U.S. government.<\/p>\n
Hong Kong Entertainment hired Smith to assist their counsel, Bruce Berline, in the criminal case.<\/p>\n
Smith, who now resides in New York, is a partner with the law firm DLA Piper, a global law firm that reportedly has 4,200 lawyers in more than 30 countries throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.<\/p>\n
Smith served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. District Courts for the NMI and Guam from 2002 to 2005.<\/p>\n
The superseding indictment charged HKE with one count of conspiracy to cause a financial institution to fail to file a currency transaction report, 155 counts of failure to file currency transaction reports, one count of failure to file a suspicious activity report, and one count of failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program.<\/p>\n
The initial indictment had charged HKE and then-VIP services manager George Que and then-casino manager Tim Blyth with only 10 charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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