Richard J.Morvillo

Drawing on his experience as a former branch chief with the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, Rich represents corporations, financial institutions, corporate executives, investment bankers, brokerage firms and brokers, investment advisers, accounting firms, auditors, law firms, hedge funds, and individual investors in connection with SEC, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), congressional, and state attorney general and grand jury investigations; SEC litigation; and complex securities cases.

Rich conducts internal investigations for corporate clients and advises members of special committees of boards of directors as to their rights and obligations regarding the handling and evaluation of corporate transactions, internal investigations, investigations and shareholder litigation. Additionally, Rich has litigated to a successful judgment a number of SEC enforcement cases and defended clients in numerous class actions and shareholder derivative suits in federal courts throughout the country.

A well-known figure in the industry, Rich is a frequent speaker at professional seminars and served for years as the co-chair of the PLI annual program “Internal Investigations” and chair of the PLI program “Storming the Gatekeepers: Compliance Personnel Under Attack.” He has served on the adjunct faculty of Georgetown University School of Law, teaching a course in “Professional Responsibility in Corporate and Securities Practice.”