Ethics education for university students I met Justin Paperny in November 2019 when he was a guest speaker for a luncheon hosted by the Washington State Society of CPAs. He shared his book Ethics in Motion and talked about his journey of poor ethical choices that led to federal sentencing. I teach accounting at Whitworth University, and it became clear at that time that his lessons would be valuable for my own students to hear. Since then, Justin and his clients visit my classes two to three times each semester via Zoom to share their personal stories, and students have the chance to interact with them personally. This has been an invaluable partnership with White Collar Advice that enhances the delivery of ethics education, leaving a lasting impression on students about how they too can be vulnerable to making wrong choices that could impact their future career.

A college professor weighs in I was fortunate enough to meet Justin Paperny in 2010 not long after he started putting his life back together after his release from prison. I was immediately impressed with how he spent his time while incarcerated. He took responsibility for his actions and started working on helping others. As a college professor teaching graduate classes in fraud, I realized very quickly that Justin would be an excellent person to speak to my students. It was not a simple task to get him to the University of New Mexico, but we made it happen and it was well worth the effort. Justin mesmerized my students with his openness, honesty and advice. Books cannot teach what Justin had to offer that day and I still run into students from my class who mention the impactful day we had with Justin. I am not surprised to see what Justin has accomplished since we first met and I know this is just the beginning. I wholeheartedly recommend Justin as his background, experience (ethics and compliance training, sentence mitigation, author, lecturer) and understanding of the system (from investigation to post-incarceration) makes him the perfect person to help those in need.

The level of service is above and beyond As for many of us, this is the worst experience of our lives. It’s difficult every step of the way, there seems to be a different obstacle every week, and the process goes on for years. The biggest mistake I made in this entire process was not engaging Sam and Larry earlier in the process. They have exceeded every initial expectation I had in terms of knowledge, responsiveness, and all levels of support. I have yet to speak to other one of them and leave our meeting or conversation, without a solution, and I always feel more knowledgeable and confident afterwards. They are in tune and up to date on all of the ever changing policies and programs related to all white collar crimes. I’m in such a better place mentally since I began working with Sam and Larry. No matter where you are at in this process, I highly recommend scheduling an initial session with them as soon as you can, you will not regret it. Larry, Sam, and everyone at compliance mitigation, thank you for all you do and for all of your support. Mike N

Thank you !!!!! I’m grateful to the entire team at Compliance Mitigation. After facing challenges with a government investigation, I had to find my way and prepare. I worked directly with Michael Santos. He showed interest in the challenges I endured and offered guidance that helped me immensely during the worst time in my life. If you’re facing a government investigation, and you want an honest guide who will help to engineer an effective mitigation strategy, I highly recommend you contact the team at Compliance Mitigation. I’m giving them five stars because of the attention I received.

Accountability, Sincerity, and Rewards The process of mitigation was truly rewarding for me. Well beyond the reward of my sentence being more than 13 months lower than the US Attorney sought (they wanted 33 months, sentence is 20). Going through the steps allowed me to sincerely own my accountability and express that throughout the presentence interview, my narrative, and my oral statement to the court. Having put in the necessary work, all mitigation on my part was cohesive, well stated, sincere, and meaningfully effective. The goals of the work were completely met, but even more the residual effects have been just as rewarding; allowing myself to take accountability, sincerely show remorse in both words and actions, and best of all focus on future goals. The work perfectly balances addressing the past while looking to the future. And as important as it is for the Court to see that, it allowed me as a person to really hear that as well. Every bit of guided work that I put in was rewarded in both tangible and intangible ways. I'm grateful for those who went before me always willing to listen, offer advice, and the guidance needed.