Thomas Bookwalter
Practice Director
Thomas Bookwalter manages new business development with leading national corporations and law firms. He is a former executive vice president of Instinet, the founder and CEO of FMDC, and editor of the Capital Markets Compliance Technologies Report—a comprehensive review of regulatory requirements and technologies for capital markets participants. For over 20 years, Mr. Bookwalter has worked at the nexus of regulations, industry, and information technology. Since 2002, he has been actively involved in the design, evaluation, selection, implementation, and integration of information management technologies to meet both regulatory and litigation requirements. Mr. Bookwalter holds a bachelor’s degree from the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, and has attended the University of Michigan and the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, Austria. [contact]
Marc Fink, Esq.
Practice Director
Marc Fink manages new business development with leading national corporations and law firms. Before joining H5, Mr. Fink was a vice president and divisional compliance advisor with Merrill Lynch, serving as the primary compliance resource for over 90 branch offices. Prior to that he worked at Schwartz Nardello, LLP, where he served as a senior investigative counsel of the Citigroup monitorship team in conjunction with the Global Research Settlement Agreement. Mr. Fink co-authored the official monitorship report, which was submitted to the SEC, NYSE, and the NASD. Previously, Mr. Fink served as an associate director in the Legal Department of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Before that, he was a trial counsel with the New York Stock Exchange Division of Enforcement after working as a senior associate at Bower & Gardner, a product liability and medical malpractice defense firm. Mr. Fink began his legal career as an assistant district attorney in New York County. He earned his B.S. from the State University of New York at Albany and his J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law. [contact]
Michael Morneault, Esq.
Practice Director
Michael Morneault manages new business development with leading national corporations and law firms. Prior to joining H5, Mr. Morneault was vice president and chief investment officer of Innovation Works, a seed stage venture capital fund. Previously, he was at McKesson Corporation, where he first served as general counsel and then as vice president of strategy and business development for the Fortune 20 company’s healthcare automation businesses. Before joining McKesson, he practiced law in the Business and Finance Group of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. Mr. Morneault also served with distinction in the Army’s 3rd U.S. Infantry (the “Old Guard”) in Washington, D.C. Mr. Morneault is a distinguished graduate of Southern Vermont College and the University of Wisconsin–Madison Law School, where he graduated cum laude. [contact]
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Vivien Naim, Esq.
Practice Director and Counsel
Vivien Naim manages new business development with leading national corporations and law firms, and counsels H5 on compliance and regulatory matters. Ms. Naim has over 15 years of experience with leading financial institutions. Before joining H5, Ms. Naim was director and senior counsel at Merrill Lynch, where she provided legal, regulatory, and compliance counsel to the Global Bank Group on strategic growth initiatives, development and distribution of commercial and consumer banking products, and the enhancement of business processes. Prior to that, Ms. Naim served as vice president and assistant general counsel in JPMorgan Chase’s Litigation Department, where she conducted and managed domestic and international litigations, including securities law, fraud, contract, antitrust, lender liability, retail banking, and bankruptcy-related matters. Before going in-house, Ms. Naim was a litigation associate at Debevoise & Plimpton, where she handled all phases of complex commercial litigation. She earned her B.A. and B.S. degrees from the University of Rochester and her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. [contact]
Stephen P. Van Liere, Esq.
Practice Director
Steve Van Liere manages new business development with leading national corporations and law firms. Mr. Van Liere has worked as a lawyer, recruiter, and provider of services to the legal industry for 25 years. He joined H5 from the executive search firm Korn Ferry International, where he conducted national searches for general counsels, law firm partners, and executives. Prior to working at Korn Ferry, Mr. Van Liere was a legal executive search consultant for Highland Partners (now part of Heidrick & Struggles), and prior to that he founded his own legal recruiting and contract lawyer business in San Francisco called The Tiro Company. Mr. Van Liere was a business litigator with the former San Francisco law firm Landels Ripley & Diamond, and worked for many years as regional vice president for the American Arbitration Association, the world’s largest provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services. Mr. Van Liere earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he graduated as a Tony Patino Fellow. [contact]