Maria Windham Email & Phone Number

Ms. Windham is a trial attorney with extensive experience in securities litigation, environmental and natural resources law, and immigration law. She also handles a variety of other state and federal regulatory matters.After clerking for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during law school, Ms. Windham began her practice litigating alleged violations of securities laws, including financial fraud cases. For nearly 17 years, she has represented parties on either side of the “v”, (either plaintiffs or defendants), including investors, financial firms, registered individuals, and fundraisers in regulatory investigations, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitrations, and civil lawsuits. This balanced perspective on the securities industry is beneficial to all of her clients. Ms. Windham has obtained several multi-million dollar awards and settlements for investors injured by wrongdoing in the financial services industry. She has also favorably resolved matters that involved allegations of insider trading, investment fraud, violations of suitability and fiduciary duty standards, violations of FINRA rules of practice, and intra-industry employment and defamation disputes.Ms. Windham simultaneously developed her practice of litigating and advising clients regarding environmental and natural resources law, land use law, nuisance law, and water law, which connect to her undergraduate and graduate studies of geography, land use planning, and environmental law. She has favorably resolved matters for her clients that range from representing clients in litigation of alleged nuisances to advising clients on water rights and on compliance with varied environmental regulations. She has developed a particular specialty in cellular tower compliance with the unique regulatory issues triggered by licensing federal radio spectrum managed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Over the past 5 years, Ms. Windham has also broadly diversified her litigation and regulatory practice to respond to emerging and expanding needs of RQN’s clients. For example, Ms. Windham has represented municipalities in matters involving Utah state licensure of ambulance companies. Ms. Windham has also established RQN’s immigration law practice group and has become its Chair and a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). She advises and defends employers in Form I-9 compliance matters,handles federal litigation of immigration matters, and assists and advises employers with obtaining employment-based visas.

Listed skills include Litigation, Civil Litigation, Securities Litigation, Environmental Law, and 11 others.