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In October 2011, I returned to Taylor and Associates, the law practice I had established back in 1993, before embarking on an eight year stint as general counsel for a NASDAQ listed company and working of-counsel at The Lebrecht Group [Oct 2010-Oct 2011] Parsons Behle & Latimer [Feb 2009-Oct 2010], one of Salt Lake City’s oldest and largest law firms.
Over the past 26 years I provided legal representation defending clients in a number of regulatory matters with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). I have experience representing individual and corporate clients in a wide range of various mediation, arbitration, corporate transactions, mergers, acquisitions, civil and commercial litigation and securities regulatory proceedings relying on my proficiency in a broad range of industries and areas of practice.
More recently I have been assisting in the defense of Laura Pendergest-Holt, the former Chief Investment Officer of Stanford Financial Group in an action brought by the SEC in February 2009 alleging an $8 billion international ponzi scheme (SEC v. Stanford International Bank, Ltd, et al, USDC, Northern District of Texas). This matter has also involved a parallel criminal case (USA v. Robert Allen Stanford, et al, USDC, Southern District of Texas) and civil case (Laura Pendergest-Holt, R. Allen Stanford, Gilbert Lopez, Jr. and Mark Kuhrt v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London and Arch Specialty Insurance Company, U.S.D.C., Southern District of Texas).
I graduated from Utah State University, Logan, UT with a B.S. in Political Science (1982). I received my J.D. from the University of Tulsa in 1986, and became a member of the Utah Bar in 1987, where I am currently an officer in the Utah Bar Corporate and Securities Law practice section. I am licensed to practice law in the State of Utah and the United Stated District Court, District of Utah.
Recent Classes/Seminars Taught: ➢ Speaker: "Alphabet Soup: A Look at SOX, CPAS, SEC & PCAOB," Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants, Accounting and Auditing Conference, June 11, 2010, Salt Lake City, UT ➢ Speaker: "The Advent of the SOX and the Role of the SEC and PCAOB in Public Accounting," BYU-Idaho Newel K. Whitney Accounting Summit, June 24, 2010, Rexburg, ID ➢ Panelist: "Receiving Finder's Fees in Securities Transactions," Fraud College Conference, June 30, 2010, Orem, UT ➢ Speaker: “Dodd-Frank Securities Law Updat, Utah Securities Section, October 25, 2011, Salt Lake City, UT
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