His regulatory compliance practice involves implementation of anti-money laundering policies and procedures, and he also serves as a liaison between the client and financial regulators when regulators demand production of written requests and documents. Alex immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1996. After graduating college, he held several law-related jobs and after working as an in-house litigation paralegal, decided that he wanted to become a lawyer. During the last year of law school Alex learned about new forms of payment systems in the form of virtual currencies, and since then he has been closely following legal developments in that new and exciting area.