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… litigation. He is former chair of the firm’s Regulatory & Compliance Department, leading a team of lawyers representing some of the country’s largest energy companies and their electric and gas utilities. Brian C. Riopelle (Richmond, Virginia) is one of the nation’s leading intellectual property litigators and former chair of the firm’s IP Litigation/Patents Department. He leads patent and other intellectual property cases across the country, and has considerable experience in …

… senior partners is an essential component to the program’s success.” The next session of the Women’s Leadership Development Forum is scheduled for fall 2021.

McGuireWoods Atlanta partner Cheryl Haas has been named to the Daily Report’s 2020 list of Georgia Trailblazers, recognizing legal professionals who have made significant contributions in their practice areas. Haas, a highly respected financial services litigator, is profiled in a special issue of the Daily Report, an American Lawyer Media publication, for her professional achievements and for pro bono efforts to revitalize Northwest Atlanta. “I am honored to be recognized among this esteemed group …

McGuireWoods partners Cheryl Haas, Emily Gordy and Alexander Madrid and associate Natasha Cooper wrote a Sept. 4, 2020, Corporate Counsel Business Journal article about what investment advisers and broker-dealers should anticipate after the first wave of COVID-19. In their article, the authors discussed how firms can reduce the increased risk of financial, regulatory and reputational harm that can result from individuals seeking to exploit a crisis like COVID-19 by perpetrating frauds or …

… former federal prosecutors and senior government enforcement officials and how this “unusually sophisticated expertise informs the firm’s work.” The firm’s roster of former federal prosecutors grew in 2019 with the addition Andrew McBride in Washington, D.C., Rodger Heaton in Chicago and Kevin Lally in Los Angeles. Todd Steggerda, chair of the Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department, told Law360 that the firm has built a national practice with 21 specialty sub …

… Department of Justice declining to pursue charges. “We are very grateful for Law360’s prominent recognition of the ‘landmark matters and general excellence’ characterizing the McGuireWoods Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department’s notable efforts and accomplishments in 2019,” said Todd Steggerda, chair of the department. “This honor reflects our growing coast-to-coast practice — which includes more than a dozen former prosecutors and senior enforcement officials — that regularly serves corporate America and notable …

While business booms for independent broker-dealers, potential security and compliance challenges lurk in technology their independent financial advisers use to manage their business. McGuireWoods partners Emily Gordy, Cheryl Haas and David Reidy wrote in a July 2 Law360 column. Client relationship management (CRM) software that independent financial advisers use can create supervisory issues for these institutions as well as risks for data breaches and privacy policy violations, the authors warned. They cited as an …

The Review of Securities and Commodities Regulation featured an article by McGuireWoods litigators Cheryl Haas and Alex Madrid on heightened regulatory scrutiny faced by financial services professionals and firms registered as broker-dealers with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and investment advisers with the Securities and Exchange Commission.The May 22 column unpacked important developments for dual registrants, or “hybrids,” including FINRA’s new rule on how broker-dealers supervise the investment advisory actions of …

McGuireWoods Atlanta partner Cheryl Haas and associate Natasha Cooper commented in a Feb. 5 Ignites article about the Securities & Exchange Commission’s increased scrutiny of technology systems to safeguard against the misappropriation of retail investors’ assets. The article references a McGuireWoods alert detailing recent enforcement actions by regulators to penalize broker-dealers for negligence or misconduct due to faulty systems. Sources quoted in the article said regulators have “unrealistic standards” for compliance departments, but Haas …

New Atlanta partners Gerald Thomas II, Cheryl Haas and Peter Farley were featured in a Daily Report article published on October 8, 2014, and titled “On the Move: McGuireWoods Adds Three Partners.” The story describes recent real estate investment trust deals seasoned tax attorney Gerald handled for his previous firm. It also describes Cheryl’s experience in securities litigation, including enforcement matters and internal investigations. In addition, the account highlights Peter’s career in employment …

… said Leonard J. Marsico, chairman of the firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation Department. “She is a remarkably talented first chair trial lawyer who can handle our clients’ most important cases anywhere in the country.” “I'm thrilled to be expanding the bandwidth of the Atlanta office and to be joining a team of such extraordinary litigators in Atlanta and throughout the country,” Haas said. Haas received her bachelor’s degree from Emory University in …