Partner
I have devoted my practice to counseling and defending public and private companies, their officers and directors, board committees, and executives in regulatory investigations and litigation involving both federal and state securities law as well as commercial matters. I have defended individuals and companies in SEC investigations and have conducted internal investigations. I have also handled 10b-5 cases, merger litigation, shareholder derivative actions, and a wide variety of commercial disputes. These engagements involved accounting and financial statement issues, disclosure matters, valuation issues, faulty earnings guidance, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act payments, recordkeeping and controls matters, insider trading, Regulation FD issues, mutual fund trading practices, handling whistleblowers and review of company hotlines, corporate governance practices, bankruptcy-related matters, Ponzi schemes, forfeiture issues, self-reporting to regulators, external auditor issues, breach of contract issues, breach of fiduciary duty allegations, officer and director insurance and indemnification, and e-discovery issues.
Prior to joining Secore & Waller, L.L.P., I was a partner at Jones Day and The Peavler Group. I began my career with Jones Day in 1993 immediately after graduating from the Texas Tech School of Law, where I graduated magna cum laude, was Managing Editor of the Law Review and Editor of the Texas Bank Lawyer. I practiced in Jones Day's general litigation group where I became a partner. I was part of the original group of lawyers that formed Jones Day's Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement Practice that focused its practice on SEC investigations, internal investigations and securities litigation.
On the personal side, I am married with two children, a son born in December 2010 and daughter born in July 2012. I am an avid fan of baseball and cycling and enjoy cycling, reading and spending time with my family.