NEW YORK, November 8, 2024 — Joseph Dever, chair of the firm’s Securities Litigation and SEC Enforcement practice, has been selected as a member of Securities Docket’s Enforcement Elite list for 2024. This list highlights the best securities enforcement defense counsel in the industry. To qualify for this list, candidates must be in the private sector and have a practice that is at least 50% dedicated to SEC enforcement defense work. Joe and the other honorees were formally recognized at a reception on November 6 following the Securities Enforcement Forum in D.C.

Joe is a former SEC enforcement attorney with over 25 years of experience in private practice and government service. Joe defends clients in white collar government and enforcement investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and state securities regulators. His clients include public companies, officers and directors, investment banks, broker-dealers, investment advisers, and securities industry professionals. 

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