Dr. David P. Weber, CFE
David P. Weber is an attorney, registered private investigator and Certified Fraud Examiner
Dr. David P. Weber is a top-ranked Superlawyer. He practices law in Virginia and Maryland, and in certain cases, in Washington, DC. From disputes involving millions of dollars, whistleblowers, murder and suicide, self-defense shootings, to helping law enforcement officers and federal employees, Dr. Weber can probably help. He is a resident of the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, and takes particular interest in handling cases on the Delmarva Peninsula. In addition to practicing law, Dr. Weber regularly serves as an expert witness, and is a full-time faculty member at the Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University, where he teaches forensic accounting and business law each semester.
Criminal and Regulatory Investigations
Until the conclusion of his federal career in May 2013, Dr. Weber was the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In this role, Weber served as the SEC’s functional chief investigator and directed all criminal, civil, and administrative investigations into fraud, waste, or abuse concerning SEC programs on a nationwide and international basis. Dr. Weber’s notable cases included reporting misconduct in the Bernard L. Madoff and R. Allen Stanford investigations. Dr. Weber now uses this skill set to assist whistleblowers reporting misconduct to the SEC and filing cases under the False Claims Act, as well as representing current or former officers, directors or employees before the federal financial regulators. Dr. Weber and his co-counsel have represented SEC whistleblowers in matters involving investment advisors, broker-dealers, public companies, and big four audit firms. Dr. Weber’s cases resulted in one of the first SEC whistleblower awards for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, as well as the SEC and state authorities issuing approximately $100 million in penalties and restitution against a large investment advisory firm. Dr. Weber’s clients, so far, have received eight figure monetary payments from the SEC.
Anti-Money Laundering and Bank Regulatory Compliance
Prior to his employment at the SEC OIG, Dr. Weber served as Supervisory Counsel and Chief of Enforcement Unit I for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and was responsible for overseeing all banking enforcement activities and investigations involving state chartered banks and bank failures for the western half of the United States. Before joining the FDIC, Dr. Weber served for more than a decade as a Special Counsel for Enforcement at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury responsible for the supervision and regulation of the national banking system, including all federally licensed foreign banks operating in the United States. He now helps whistleblowers report misconduct to the federal banking agencies, as well representing officers and directors in enforcement actions and investigations. Prior to becoming an attorney, Weber started his federal career as a United States National Park Ranger, and served in a variety of national parks before and during law school. To this day, Dr. Weber is a life member of the Association of National Park Rangers.
Faculty and Expert Witness Services
Dr. Weber is a Professor of the Practice at the Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University, teaching forensic accounting and business law. He leads Perdue School’s fraud and forensic accounting certificate program, one of the only programs of its kind. He currently serves as the Principal Investigator of a $2.6 million grant from the United States government, focused on interventions to combat elder financial exloitation and high-tech crime. He regularly testifies in court as an expert witness, and assists legal counsel as a consulting witness. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and events concerning banking and securities law, fraud, forensic accounting, and professional ethics, including those of attorneys and CPAs. He accepts engagements as an expert witness in selected cases concerning fiduciary duties, fraud examination, forensic accounting, banking, and regulatory enforcement matters. Dr. Weber also has academic interest BSA/AML compliance, as well as art and antiquities fraud. Please contact Dr. Weber if you require an expert witness or conference speaker with an emphasis in bank or securities regulatory compliance, internal controls, accounting, professional ethics, anti-money laundering, investigation, fraud examination or white collar crime.
Military Service
Until March 2016, Dr. Weber was the appeals officer for the 70th Regiment of the Maryland Army National Guard, and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Judge Advocate Corps of the Maryland State Guard. Weber places a special emphasis of his private practice on assisting veterans and service members with difficult legal problems – including reporting misconduct of government and military contractors. Dr. Weber is a founding member of the Maryland State Bar Association Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Military Law.
Educational Qualifications
DBA (Accounting Organizational Behavior), Warrington College of Business, University of Florida;
JD, Magna Cum Laude, Syracuse University College of Law;
BS, Criminal Justice, Cum Laude, Syracuse University
Court Admissions and Professional Licenses
Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia, New York
United States Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
Certified Fraud Examiner
Private Investigator – Virginia
Professional Memberships
Eastern Shore Bar Association
Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
American Accounting Association
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Association of National Park Rangers (Life Member)
Maryland State Guard Association
State Guard Association of the United States.
Professional Service
Virginia State Bar – Bar Council (Board of Governors of the Virginia State Bar)
Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission, Peer Review Committee
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