practiced law in the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1994 and was chief of financial crimes investigation and head of the legal department for an Ohio State agency. Later as a sole practitioner, his practice focussed on tax and family law. In 1994 he moved to Russia with the Peace Corps. Since then, working in the cities of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod and Yekaterinburg Mr. Petruzzi has managed the establishment or reorganization of several complicated projects for clients including the U.S. Government and the UNDP. He holds a J.D. from the University of Akron, Ohio. At Pericles Mr. Petruzzi teaches Introduction to American Law, Contract Drafting and Secured Transactions.