Daria advises individuals and corporations in complex multijurisdictional civil and criminal disputes, including navigating international sanctions regimes enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.K. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, and the European Union.

Daria counsels clients on enforcement actions brought by U.S. and international authorities, including matters involving the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act as well as money laundering and fraud violations. She has extensive experience working with international private clients and their advisors to develop cross-border pre-litigation and litigation strategies.

Daria is experienced in handling matters involving simultaneous arbitration, bankruptcy, civil, and agency proceedings in multiple jurisdictions, such as the U.S., U.K., BVI, and Russian Federation. She has represented clients in the healthcare and energy industries, as well as other industries in their domestic and cross-border complex commercial litigation matters with a focus on disputes involving cross-border contracts, fraud, and misconduct.

Daria has represented clients in domestic and cross-border arbitrations under the rules of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), American Arbitration Association (AAA), International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), as well as in arbitration-related litigation, such as cases pursuant to 28 USC § 1782. She also has an active asset recovery practice where she regularly devises creative strategies to monetize high-value claims in the context of global asset recovery campaigns, including cryptocurrency and digital assets.

Daria is fluent in Russian and Ukrainian.

Daria’s representations have included:

  • Numerous high-net-worth individuals facing threat of sanctions under various political frameworks in designing and executing cross-border defensive strategies
  • Russian ultra-high-net-worth individuals in connection with U.S./U.K. sanctions and EU restrictive measures arising from the conflict in Ukraine
  • Ultra-high-net-worth individual with respect to reputation management and defense against the Charging Letter by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
  • High-net-worth individual in a dispute with a financial institution regarding cryptocurrency following sanctions designation
  • Russian clients with respect to cross-border reputational attacks and Interpol issues
  • Numerous Russian and Middle Eastern clients with respect to discovery in the U.S. under Section 1782
  • Numerous U.S. and international clients with respect to cross-border asset recovery strategies and defenses against claims
  • Numerous clients in litigation related to asset recovery and asset defense in state and federal courts in the U.S.
  • Large healthcare organization in a multidistrict litigation
  • Numerous clients in partnership disputes
  • Matrimonial clients with respect to cross-border asset and pre- and post-nuptial agreement issues

Co-author, The new front in the enforcement of the US Foreign Agent Registration Act and the UK Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, World ECR (September 2024)

Author, Arbitrator Selection, Palm Beach County Bar Association Bulletin (March 2022)

Moderator, Arbitration Panel, Palm Beach County Bar Association, ADR - What's New? (February 2022)

Author, Arbitration as a Solution During and After the Pandemic, Palm Beach County Bar Association Bulletin (May 2021)

Author, Fraud and Abuse Updates: DOJ Increases Enforcement Efforts Related to Telehealth Fraud, Florida Bar Health Law Section (March 2021)

Speaker, Hot Topics in Arbitration, Palm Beach County Bar Association ADR Now - What the COVID Are We Doing? (February 2021)

Panelist, Alternative Dispute Resolution Session: You Can Always Be a Better Negotiator, 2020 Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Bench Bar Conference (August 2020)

Co-author, Trapping Interpol Misuse: Inside the Proposed TRAP Act, Law360 (May 2020)

Speaker, Cross Border Marital Agreements and Litigation, Palm Beach County Bar Association, Multi-Jurisdiction – Planning, Administration, and Litigation, West Palm Beach (March 2020)

Panelist, The New Flavors of Arbitration, Palm Beach County Bar Association, The New Flavors of ADR, West Palm Beach (February 2020)

  • Florida International University, J.D., magna cum laude
  • Florida Atlantic University, B.A., magna cum laude, Marketing

Bars

  • Florida
  • U.S. District Court: Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court: Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals: Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Rising Star, Super Lawyers (2021)

Ones to Watch 2020 Commercial Litigation, Best Lawyers

Florida Trend’s Legal Elite (2016, 2018)

Florida Bar Journal Editorial Board, Member (2016-2022)

Board Member, Craig S. Barnard Inn of Court (2017-2020)

Education Committee Member, Federal Bar Association, South Florida Chapter (2020)

  • Hon. Kenneth A. Marra, U.S. District Court: Southern District of Florida
  • Hon. James M. Hopkins, U.S. District Court: Southern District of Florida