By DAVID BERTOLA
dbertola@bizjournals.com | 716-541-1621

U.S. Attorney William Hochul Jr. and Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins will speak at the University at Buffalo School of Management on white-collar crime and ethics in accounting Oct. 11 at the Center for Tomorrow on UB's North Campus.

Hochul, who will speak at 9 a.m.,  is U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York and responsible for overseeing the prosecution of any federal criminal case brought within the 17 counties of Western New York.

At 10:30 a.m., Watkins will follow Hochul. She is former Enron Corp. vice president and the whistleblower who alerted then-CEO Ken Lay in 2001 to accounting irregularities within the company, warning him that Enron "might implode in a wave of accounting scandals." She testified before Congressional committees from the U.S. House and Senate investigating Enron's demise.

Their visits are sponsored by the Helen and Oscar Sufrin Lectureship in Accounting, which brings distinguished business professionals to UB School of Management to discuss accounting issues.

Reservations are required by Oct. 4 for the free lectures. Contact Janet Kiefer at kiefer@buffalo.edu or 716-645-3290.