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Art Crime and Prosecution Event
Mar 28, 2023 from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join GALS for our Art Crime and Prosecution event next Tuesday, March 28 at noon on Zoom featuring David Hall, former special prosecutor for the FBI art crime team and partner at Wiggin & Dana.
STARBUCKS GIFT CARDS WILL BE PROVIDED!
Topic: Art Crime + Prosecution - David Hall
Time: Mar 28, 2023 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://usc.zoom.us/j/98704101902?pwd=dlI5anBxMmFjdllycU0zOEdRalRoZz09
Meeting ID: 987 0410 1902
Passcode: 690340
During his 23-year career as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the DOJ, David served as the special prosecutor for the FBI Art Crime Team. He has extensive experience with investigations and prosecutions concerning cultural property. David negotiated the return of stolen Norman Rockwell paintings from Brazil and prosecuted Marcus Patmon, an art thief who sold stolen works by Picasso. Other cases David prosecuted resulted in the return of Mesopotamian artifacts to Iraq, a prized gold Moche monkey head (circa 300 A. D.) looted from the royal tombs in Peru, and the long-lost diary of Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi propagandist and Reich Minister for the occupied eastern territories. The Rosenberg Diary is now part of the Holocaust Museum collection. David now works as Partner at Wiggin & Dana.
RECENT NEWS

USC Gould Commencement Day 2023 - Ceremony Videos
May 12, 2023
Join the USC Gould School of Law in celebrating the accomplishments of the Class of 2023!

Katherine Sims JD ’23 to continue championing public service after graduation
May 11, 2023
Through the highly selective CA Attorney General Honors Program, Sims will be joining the CA Department of Justice

Rohan Garg JD ’23 to be Gould’s flag bearer for USC commencement ceremony
May 11, 2023
Garg is a DEI fellow and founder of the trial advocacy team at USC Gould