Erich C. Ferrari is the Founder and Managing Shareholder of Ferrari & Associates. He represents U.S. and international corporations, financial institutions, exporters, insurers, and private individuals in economic sanctions, export controls, regulatory licensing, federal investigations, and prosecutions.

Mr. Ferrari appears regularly before the Office of Foreign Assets Control and litigates sanctions and export-control matters in federal courts across the country. His work spans routine compliance counseling, licensing, and internal investigations through enforcement defense, administrative challenges, criminal trials, and federal appeals.

He advises clients across the Iran, Russia and Ukraine-related, Venezuela, Democratic Republic of the Congo, counterterrorism, and counternarcotics sanctions programs. His practice includes administrative reconsideration and SDN delisting, Administrative Procedure Act litigation, OFAC administrative subpoenas, specific license applications, voluntary self-disclosures, asset unblocking, and compliance program design and testing.

As trial counsel, Mr. Ferrari has obtained mistrials and acquittals in complex federal criminal matters, including prosecutions involving alleged violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. He also handles money laundering, fraud, civil forfeiture, and federal appellate matters.

Clients turn to Mr. Ferrari when exposure is significant and facts are moving quickly. He helps assess risk, define a defensible strategy, and determine whether the matter requires delisting, licensing, unblocking, enforcement response, or litigation.