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Former SEC attorney joins Foley & Lardner

By Richard Binder

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Clifford Hyatt has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office working in the Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practice. Prior to joining Foley, Hyatt was a partner and litigator with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP working in both the Los Angeles and San Francisco offices, and serving as head of the firm?s Securities Regulatory Enforcement Team.

He also previously served as an enforcement attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for more than 10 years. Working out of the SEC?s Pacific Regional Office in Los Angeles, Hyatt became Deputy Assistant Regional Director where he managed a team of attorneys who investigated and litigated cases involving accounting and financial fraud, insider trading, Internet fraud, stock manipulation, and broker-dealer, investment company and investment advisor compliance issues.

Hyatt focuses his practice on securities regulation and litigation, representing public companies, broker-dealers, investment companies, investments advisors, and their officers and directors in matters before the SEC, FINRA, NYSE, and state securities agencies and in federal and state court.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on February 02, 2010 (boomark / email).