Experience

• • Led a Special Committee review of a Big Four accounting firm concerning conduct associated with internally-administered training courses and subsequently acted as co-counsel in SEC enforcement inquiry
  • Lead counsel for a Big Four accounting firm in an SEC enforcement investigation concerning litigation reserves
  • Lead counsel for a Big Four accounting firm in a regulatory investigation concerning auditor independence issues
  • Counsel to numerous Big Four foreign network firms in regulatory investigations conducted by the SEC and PCAOB
  • Counsel to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who was sued (in his personal capacity) by the SEC for securities fraud, argued broker-dealer issues at oral argument and obtained total dismissal with prejudice of all claims at motion to dismiss
  • Counsel for the chief financial officer of a Fortune 15 company in an SEC investigation concerning accounting practices and earnings guidance
  • Counsel to a major financial institution in an SEC investigation into cyber security practices
  • Counsel to a financial institution in connection with a series of high profile law enforcement and regulatory investigations conducted by, among others, the US Department of Justice, the UK Financial Conduct Authority, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve, and the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
  • Counsel to mutual fund directors in an SEC enforcement investigation
  • Counsel to a private equity firm and several of its officers in an SEC enforcement investigation
  • Counsel to a major defense contractor in an inquiry conducted by the Office of the Chief Accountant
  • Advised hedge funds on intellectual property and other issues arising in the context of examinations being conducted by the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspection & Examinations

  Pro Bono Work

  • Drafted wills and powers of attorney in partnership with Legal Counsel for the Elderly
  • Briefed and argued criminal appeals before the Court of Appeals of Maryland and Maryland Court of Special Appeals, obtaining complete reversal of convictions in Elliott v. State, No. 24, Oct. Term 2010
  • Represented combat veterans in successful appeals from initial denials of disability benefits before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the Board of Veteran's Appeals