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Former SEC trial attorney joins Greenberg Traurig

By Richard Binder

Michael Piazza, a former Regional Trial Counsel for the Los Angeles office of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, has joined Greenberg Traurig's securities litigation practice group as head of the Orange County office's practice. Piazza moves to Greenberg Traurig from his position of Partner in Dorsey & Whitney's trial, regulatory and technology practice group and co-chair of that firm's securities litigation and enforcement practice group.

While at the SEC, Piazza served as the lead SEC trial attorney in several major cases, including a civil lawsuit resulting in one of the largest civil penalties ever obtained against an individual. Prior to working at the SEC, Piazza was a partner with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP where he was involved in numerous complex commercial litigation matters concerning, among things, patents, contracts, unfair trade practices, and accounting disputes.

Piazza holds a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School and a B.A. from Carleton College.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on July 21, 2009 (boomark / email).