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I am a partner in Akerman's New York office and a member of the firm's Litigation Practice Group. I focus on defending financial services companies and associated persons in securities litigation and government investigations and proceedings concerning allegations of corporate and individual misconduct. My litigation experience includes federal and state court trials and appeals, arbitrations and mediations involving sales practices and supervision, insider trading, money laundering, prime brokerage, trade execution and clearing, research, privacy and cybersecurity, public and private funds, variable annuities, securities lending, and sales charges, fees and commissions.I represent clients before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Conduct Authority (UK) and state securities regulators in inquiries, investigations, cycle, sweep and cause examinations, Wells submissions, actions and administrative proceedings covering a considerable range of purported misconduct. I also represent companies in SEC broker-dealer and investment adviser registrations, disclosure documents including investment adviser brochures, as well as filing new and continuing membership applications with FINRA. I previously served as a staff attorney for the New York Regional Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the Division of Enforcement. My broad base of clients includes broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, boards of directors and industry executives, managers and employees.In 2015, 2016 and 2020, I was named BTI Client Service All-Star, a recognition of lawyers across the United States who are unsurpassed in their delivery of client service through superior client focus, innovative thought leadership, unmatched business understanding, outsized value, legal skills, and outstanding results. In 2023, Thomson-Reuters named me a “Stand-Out Lawyer.”

Listed skills include Litigation, Arbitration, Securities Regulation, Securities, and 23 others.