[MSN] Lecture: Recovery of Stolen Art and Cultural Property

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The Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation announces a program featuring former federal prosecutor Robert Goldman and FBI agent Robert Wittman at American University’s Washington College of Law In Washington, D.C. to be held on October 9, 2007, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.  Together Mr. Goldman and Mr. Wittman are responsible for the recovery of over $150 million worth of stolen art and cultural property and have been instrumental in the prosecution and conviction of numerous individuals involved in these crimes.  Mr. Goldman and Mr. Wittman will discuss their work together in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and on the FBI’s rapid deployment national Art Crime Team.  This is a free event and open to the public. For more information, please see the event flyer on the LCCHP website at: http://www.culturalheritagelaw.org/October9.pdf.

You may attend the event without registering, but it would be helpful to register with Washington College of Law on their website at http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/.

Patty Gerstenblith
Professor, DePaul University
 College of Law, and President
Lawyers' Committee for Cultural
 Heritage Preservation