I have experience in most aspects of corporate, securities and finance law.

• While at the Cadwalader firm, at Gulf Life Holding Company, at Arnold & Porter, and then at the S.E.C., I was involved in complex financial transactions of every nature, including mergers, acquisitions and tender offers. I have addressed, in one capacity or the other, most of the complex legal issues facing corporations, boards of directors, securities firms, mutual funds, lawyers and accountants.
• As Director of the Division of Enforcement at the S.E.C., I managed our nation's civil enforcement of the federal securities laws. I continue to study all of the government criminal and civil litigation, and the private law suits, involving the securities law, and to a lesser extent the commodities laws.
• I have been involved in most types of complex securities and commodities litigation that has occurred over the past 30 years. The combination of government, corporate and law firm experience gives me a unique view of "the big picture" confronting those under investigation and facing government and/or private litigation. There are few who have the combined experience that I have been fortunate to enjoy.
• Beyond securities litigation, I have provided considerable advice on '33 Act and '34 Act disclosures, '34 Act procedures and legal ethics.
• I have performed special oversight tasks regarding the ethical and legal responsibilities of corporate operations. The combination of my professional experiences provides me the creditability and integrity to counsel on global issues. I have the stature and respect of those in the investment community, and they look to me for objective counsel.
• As Executive Vice President at Gulf Life Holding Company, an insurance and financial services enterprise, I assisted in the management of a multi-billion dollar corporation listed on the N.Y.S.E. I also was an executive officer of the REIT sponsored by GLHC. I understand the needs and concerns of CEOs, COOs and CFOs. I have excelled in addressing the objectives of corporate executives. These particular facts strongly influence many of those who have selected me for employment, legal engagements or speeches.
• I have managed large numbers of individuals while a corporate executive at Gulf Life Holding Company, Director of the S.E.C.'s Division of Enforcement, and a partner at Arnold & Porter. For several years while at Arnold & Porter, I was Chairman of its Finance Committee and a member of the Management Committee. My management style consistently has been praised. At the S.E.C., I received a government management excellence award.
• I have many contacts in Europe. They are with individuals in both the law enforcement and banking communities. Many of those contacts were developed when I was Director of the Division of Enforcement. Then, I led the S.E.C.'s initiatives to employ mutual law enforcement assistance agreements and treaties with other nations. I negotiated the S.E.C.'s first Memorandum of Understanding, it being with Switzerland. I have written several articles on international law enforcement. I have maintained many of the contacts in Europe which I established in the 1980s while Director. In addition, I have developed new contacts in Europe and Saudi Arabia.
• I have had extensive experience dealing with Congressional Committees, particularly those with oversight responsibility for banking, domestic commerce, and the S.E.C. I have testified 20 times before Congress. I posses an understanding how corporations, securities firms and the U.S. capital markets are influenced by political forces.
• I have written numerous articles on corporate and securities topics. I have given over 250 speeches to those in the capital markets arena, including over a dozen speeches in Europe. My most recent speech was the keynote address at a symposium on corporate disclosure and its impact on corporate morality/efficiency. The speech was the basis for a recently published article on "qualitative materiality".