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Richard
J. Morvillo, a partner in our New York and Washington, D.C., offices, is a
nationally recognized expert in SEC enforcement and other white-collar matters.
Over
the past 40 years, Rich has been involved in more than 250 SEC investigations,
including some of the highest profile cases the SEC has handled. He also has
extensive experience in FCPA cases, securities related white-collar criminal
matters and private securities litigation. A former branch chief with the
Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, Rich represents
corporations, corporate executives, brokerage firms, investment advisers,
accounting firms, auditors, law firms, hedge funds and individual investors in
connection with SEC, PCAOB, NYSE, FINRA, congressional, state attorney general
and grand jury investigations; SEC litigation; and complex securities cases.
Though
Rich has been involved in far too many cases to name, he had a significant role
in various important matters, including: several CDO and RMBS investigations of
investment banks and collateral managers; SEC and criminal investigations of
Enron; investigations and litigation concerning possible insider trading
involving the securities of Dick’s Sporting Goods, Liberty Media, Capital One,
Prestige Brands; investigations and litigation concerning trading by NYSE
specialists; investigations of alleged FCPA violations by various financial
institutions; investigations and litigation concerning merger activities of
Wachovia Corporation and National City Corporation; investigations concerning
transactions by MGIC, Royal Dutch Shell, HSBC, Lernout & Hauspie, Aetna,
Denso Corporation, AG Edwards, Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse;
investigations concerning the financial statements and/or audits of Orange
County, Citi, Navistar, Autonomy, Bally’s, CarMax, SteinMart, and Allegheny
Health Systems; investigations into marketing and other activities of
registered investment advisors (including Smith Barney Asset Management, Family
Endowment Partners, UBS Asset Management, F Squared and Harbinger) and ETF
sponsors (including Pro Shares and, Wisdom Tree Investments); internal
investigations at a Fortune 10 retailer, Aon Corporation, E*Trade, Nash Finch
Corporation and TD Ameritrade; investigations and litigation related to alleged
pricing violations by NASDAQ traders; investigations of auditing firms and
audit partners from KPMG, E&Y, D&T, Friedman, and PWC International and
Congressional investigations concerning, among others, Goldman Sachs and Riggs
National Corporation.
Rich
has litigated to a successful judgment a number of SEC enforcement cases and
defended numerous class actions and shareholder derivative suits in federal
courts throughout the country. Rich has also conducted many internal
investigations for corporations, and advised members of numerous special
committees of boards of directors as to their rights and obligations regarding
the handling and evaluation of corporate transactions, internal investigations
and shareholder litigation.
He was named by Best
Lawyers in America as the “2013 Lawyer of the Year – Securities
Litigation,” and Chambers USA has
recognized Rich as “one of the deans of the securities enforcement bar.” Rich is also listed as a leading litigator in
numerous other peer-review publications, including Benchmark Litigation, The
Legal 500 United States, Ethisphere:
Attorneys Who Matter, Washington DC
Super Lawyers, The Legal Times,
which named him one of Washington’s “Top 10 Securities Lawyers,” Washingtonian Magazine and Who’s Who Legal: Investigations. He is a
frequent speaker at professional seminars and serves as the co-chair of two PLI
annual programs: “Internal Investigations” and “Auditor Liability.” He has
served on the adjunct faculty of Georgetown University School of Law, teaching
a course in “Professional Responsibility in Corporate and Securities Practice.”