Brown, Benjamin C.

Year Joined Organization: 2005

Languages

• French

Lawyer Overview

Ben Brown is a counsel in the firm's Securities Department, and a member of the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice Group. He joined the firm in 2005.

Practice

Mr. Brown has represented corporate and individual clients in a variety of regulatory, civil, and criminal investigations by the Securities & Exchange Commission, Department of Justice, SROs, and state attorneys general, including allegations of accounting fraud, insider trading, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, improper options-granting and other compensation practices, and disclosure violations, among others. He has also handled a range of civil litigation matters, with an emphasis on complex securities litigation.

Recent Highlights

• Represented Fortune 10 conglomerate in SEC investigation of alleged revenue recognition accounting violations.
• Conducted internal investigation on behalf of board of directors of national film and entertainment company in connection with parallel SEC and Justice Department investigations of options granting practices.
• Defended former CFO of prominent local high-tech company in class action involving allegations of options backdating.
• Represented national accounting firm in connection with US Attorney's Office prosecution of criminal acts allegedly perpetrated by accounting firm client.
• Counseled hedge fund on issues related to data retention practices and obligations.
• Represented multinational pharmaceuticals company in responding to trading inquiry from FINRA.
• Defended former board member of financial services company in derivative litigation related to compensation practices. 
• Represented hedge fund in New York Attorney General investigation of trading activity.
• Conducted internal investigation of global technology services company in connection with inquiries by SEC and Justice Department into executive pay practices.

Publications

SEC Director of Enforcement Outlines Significant Changes Signaling Tougher, More Efficient Enforcement Environment, Co-Author, FMA Market Solutions, Vol. 18 No. 3 (Sept. 2009).

Life After Death? The Role of Postmortem Events in Valuing Deductions for Claims Against Estates, 60 Wash. & Lee. L. Rev. 579 (2003).

Areas of Practice

• Securities
• Financial Services
• Litigation and Enforcement

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Securities Law, Securities Regulation

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Virginia

Education

• Washington and Lee University School of Law, 2003
  JD
  Honors: cum laude
• Washington and Lee University, 1994
  BA

Published Works

• SEC Wields The SOX 304 'Clawback' Provision, 2010
• SEC Director of Enforcement Outlines Significant Changes Signaling Tougher, More Efficient Enforcement Environment, 2009
• The Role of Postmortem Events in Valuing Deductions for Claims Against Estates, 2003

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