Springville Securities Lawyers

My practice focuses on estate planning and helping investors recover losses caused by unethical or incompetent financial advisers. I am the managing attorney at Basalt Legal PLLC, a law firm nestled in Washington wine country but serving clients throughout Washington State and California.

Adept at crafting and executing on strategy, building teams, and partnering across functions to advance the business. I have rich experience in law, management and corporate development across diverse settings in terms of scale and geography. This has included advising startups, public companies and investors as outside counsel; serving as a legal and corporate development executive at an industry-leading public company with extensive global operations; and founding a real estate technology start-up. Strengths include: structuring and negotiating complex transactions; mergers & acquisitions; joint ventures; startups; venture capital financings; strategy; corporate governance; securities offerings; SEC reporting requirements; and global operations for complex...

Mr. Morris is a former SEC Enforcement Attorney. He specializes in complex securities litigation with special emphasis in representing issuers, officers and directors, investment funds, analysts, and brokers in connection with Securities and Exchange Commission and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority investigations, litigation, and arbitration.

Areas of Expertise

Business advice and counseling
Contract drafting and review
Corporate structure and transactions
Licensing and regulation
Employment and labor negotiation
Insurance coverage and claims handling
Education

B.A., Colgate University, 1991
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude
J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, 1994

Martin is an experienced business attorney who facilitates transactions while minimizing the risks and pitfalls facing his clients. Martin takes a “can-do” approach to legal problems that focuses on crafting deals through an integrative and value creating process rather than conflict.

Matthew R. Wilson is a managing partner at Meyer Wilson, LPA. Born in Circleville, Ohio, he earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Denison University in 1997 graduating magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to attend law school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he earned his J.D. in 2000. After law school, Mr. Wilson spent two years working for Vorys, Sater, Seymour, & Pease LLP and another four years working for the international law firm Jones Day. During that time, he defended many of the world's largest financial institutions and other corporations in a variety...

Michael N. Steuch is a Business Law attorney specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions, Equity & Debt Financing, and Outside General Counsel matters. With over 20 years of experience, he provides California businesses with trusted legal advocacy.

A highly skilled professional, Michael is committed to superior representation focused on meeting the needs of his clients. Visit his website to see representative experience and transactions, or call for a consultation.

Michael earned his J.D. from UCLA in 1998. He has been recognized by M&A Advisor and named a Southern California Rising Star by Los Angeles Magazine.

For over a decade, I have been litigating complex, multi-district, and multi-party lawsuits. I recovered over two hundred million dollars in value for clients and literally changed the law to help protect them.

Because I am routinely involved in “bet the company” litigation, I face (teams of) the best attorneys in America. This forces me to compete at the highest levels and hone my craft. My competence in the most complex litigation makes victory in ordinary disputes easier. Your opponents play checkers while we play chess.

After considerable professional success, in 2016 I decided to take a sabbatical from the practice...

Marnie C. Lambert, the founding member of Lambert Law Firm, LLC, is licensed to practice law in all state courts and federal district courts in Ohio and California. She has spent most of her legal career representing consumers in complex civil litigation, commercial litigation, securities litigation and class actions. She has also represented clients seeking recovery for personal injuries, wrongful death and various business torts. Ms. Lambert received her juris doctorate from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1992. She spent the first five years after law school working in Los Angeles, California for a large international law firm....

Jay has represented and advised investors of public companies in shareholder derivative actions and complex class action litigation for over a decade. He helped secure millions of dollars in financial recovery and corporate governance reforms. He investigated and litigated claims involving such issues as accounting fraud, executive compensation, board entrenchment, board elections, corporate takeovers, inadequate internal controls, and violations of the False Claim Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, anti-money laundering laws, and vehicular and aeronautical safety regulations.

Since 2017, Jay has focused his legal practice on helping entrepreneurs successfully form and operate their businesses, representing clients in contract or business...

Will Edelman is a former federal prosecutor, a former police officer, and a Stanford Law graduate who clerked for two federal judges. Will’s practice focuses on white-collar and regulatory matters, internal investigations, and complex commercial litigation. As a federal prosecutor in the Northern District of California, Will acted as first or second chair in ten trials. He also handled numerous contested evidentiary hearings and dispositive motion hearings. As a prosecutor, Will was the primary attorney responsible for a variety of complex matters, including multi-defendant RICO cases and fraud cases. Will also served as a police officer for a large southern California...

Mr. Wittenberg began a career on Wall Street 20 years ago. He then attended Berkeley Law where he focused his legal education and securities and business transactions. Upon graduating, Mr. Wittenberg was recruited by large law firms to work on tens of billions of dollars of securities offerings and business transactions. Mr. Wittenberg founded Wittenberg Law several years ago to provide more personalized service to people who are seeking representation from a law firm who will champion their cause, provide strategies and diligence that will achieve their goals, and assist in helping them be winners.

LEGAL CAREER
Mr. Klein was admitted to the State Bar of California in January 1972 and practiced law in California continuously thereafter until his retirement from the international law firm, K&L Gates, effective March 1, 2014.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Mr. Klein practiced in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions. He was lead counsel on scores of public offerings, representing both issuers and underwriters, for companies in such diverse industries as biotechnology, medical and research products, Internet and software companies and manufacturing and service companies. Mr. Klein represented underwriters ranging from regional investment banks to bulge bracket...

Jeffrey Lendrum’s practice is devoted to representing clients with disputes involving financial fraud, investment loss recovery, financial advisor malpractice, financial elder abuse, and breach of fiduciary duty.

Mr. Lendrum is recognized by his peers as a leader in investment fraud litigation and has received the distinguished AV Preeminent rating each year since 2001. This rating is awarded to select attorneys who demonstrate preeminent legal abilities and the highest ethical standards.

As a former prosecutor, federal law clerk, and lawyer for fortune 500 companies, Mr. Lendrum has the knowledge, experience and track record to create winning strategies for his clients. Whether your...

The Law Firm of Dennis G. Merenbach is a full service law firm representing and advising clients in the many different areas of law. Mr. Merenbach's academic credential and professional experience are of the highest caliber. Mr. Merenbach is committed to the pursuit of excellence, communicate effectively, and demonstrate personal and professional ethics, as well as the utmost concern for my clients.

Gerry Goldsholle is a nationally known expert in insurance and insurance law who uses his decades of knowledge and industry "insider" experience to help his firm's clients stop being taken advantage of by insurance companies and others seeking to wrongfully delay or deny claims or pay pennies on the dollar.

An honors graduate of the College of William and Mary and the Columbia University School of Law, Gerry later completed the Senior Executive Program at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and the coursework for a Masters of Liberal Arts at Stanford. He also served in the Army...

As Principal FINRA Attorney of Zafis Law, R. Craig Zafis, APC, provides experienced and effective legal counsel for matters of Securities Fraud / Regulatory Defense, SEC / FINRA investigations and securities arbitration matters. We Defend firms, advisers as well as private investors under a wide variety of circumstances.

I have extensive experience in legal, finance, management and company-building.

As an attorney, my focus has been on transactional drafting and negotiation and providing ongoing legal counsel and contract interpretation to numerous private individuals as well as companies in varied fields such as media and entertainment, oil and gas, mining and exploration, virtual reality technologies, private health care, cannabis, and mortgage lending and real estate.

As an entertainment professional, I have acquired, or produced, and distributed dozens of feature films, while usually being active in managing the business and legal affairs of most the companies I have worked for or founded. My...

Inna Efimchik has a corporate and securities practice, focusing on emerging growth companies and venture capital firms. Her practice includes general corporate counseling and securities advising, venture capital financings, debt transactions, corporate partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions. During her practice she has represented companies in a wide range of industries, including software, internet, mobile, life sciences, biotechnology, medical device, communications and clean technology. Prior to joining Emergence Law Group, Inna Efimchik practiced corporate and securities law in the emerging companies groups at Cooley LLP and, previously, at Heller Ehrman Venture Law Group. In 2005, Inna Efimchik earned a J.D. from University...

Jin H. Kim is a skilled and knowledgeable Attorney at Sparer Law Group. Her practice areas include a variety of Business, Securities, and Real Estate Law matters. Ms. Kim has more than a dozen years of experience advocating for clients with legal needs. She is committed to providing the highest quality legal representation.

Ms. Kim received a B.A. and M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1999, she obtained her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Ms. Kim is a member of the State Bar of California.

Anthony Geraci is the managing partner of the Geraci Law Firm. He is a leading expert in mortgage lending and securities law and has authored numerous articles on real estate finance and securities subjects. Mr. Geraci is a leader in creating national mortgage pools and mortgage funds as well as sophisticated net branching arrangements among several mortgage companies.

Terrance J. Evans is a partner in the Trial Practice Group of Duane Morris in San Francisco. He concentrates his practice in representing the financial services industry, which includes international, national and community banks; loan service companies; and insurance companies.

With respect to the insurance industry, Mr. Evans concentrates his practice in complex commercial litigation and policy interpretation and analysis. He has represented commercial primary, excess and umbrella insurers in a wide range of multimillion-dollar cases, including declaratory relief, bad faith, rescission, subrogation, indemnity, additional insurance, interpleader and reformation actions.

In relation to the banking industry, Mr. Evans has represented international,...

Patrick Delahunty is a former federal prosecutor and a seasoned trial attorney with more than 15 years of experience litigating in federal and state courts. Patrick’s practice focuses on white-collar criminal investigations and litigation resulting from them, including regulatory issues and corporate litigation. He guides his clients with clear advice about their options, legal risks, and—most importantly—the full spectrum of their rights that he will vigorously protect. At each step of the way, he looks for efficient and cost-effective solutions. He has a long track record of securing successful outcomes for his clients with this approach. Prior to...

Daniel R. Freytag is Of Counsel with Meyer Wilson, LPA. He was born in Napoleon Ohio and earned his B.A. at Wittenberg University where he graduated magna cum laude. He went on to attend the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University and earned his J.D. summa cum laude. Mr. Freytag has been a trial lawyer for more than thirty-four years and has represented hundreds of large corporations, small businesses, professionals, and individuals in a variety of complex tort, insurance, and business cases. He has personally examined or cross-examined more than 1000 lay witnesses and more than 150 expert...

Having previously practiced at an American Law 100 firm as well as in-house counsel for a multi-national corporation, Mr. Hakala brings both legal expertise and business sense to the business transactions that clients seek to accomplish and the complex legal problems that they seek to litigate and resolve. Mr. Hakala has not only litigated various complex business and employment matters on behalf of Fortune 100 clients, he also provides general business, technology, and media law representation to various companies, including start-up businesses and those in the renewable energies sector.  Mr. Hakala is an experienced business litigator who has also...

Dallas Verhagen is an attorney at Fauver, Large, Archbald & Spray, LLP with a practice focused on transactional business matters. Dallas represents startups and small and large businesses in various industries, including tech, retail, manufacturing, transportation, professional services, marketing and media management, cosmetics, cannabis, food and beverage, and consulting. Dallas advises entrepreneurs, startups, and small and large businesses in all areas of business law, including the formation of business entities, negotiating and drafting employment agreements, implementing employee equity incentive agreements and plans, fundraising transactions, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, and more. Dallas also serves as outside general counsel for many...