WASHINGTON – Elaine Greenberg, the former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission's municipal enforcement unit, has joined Greenberg Traurig's Washington D.C. office as a shareholder, the firm announced Tuesday.
Greenberg, who will join the firm's litigation practice, previously worked at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP as a partner after leaving the SEC in 2013.
"I am excited and proud to be joining such a distinguished and remarkable firm," Greenberg said. "Greenberg Traurig's dynamic team of exceptionally talented professionals and its unique culture of entrepreneurship, empowerment, creativity and collaboration is the ideal platform to further expand and maximize my practice."
Brad Kaufman, co-chair of the firm's Securities Litigation Group, said the firm is "thrilled" to have Greenberg join the D.C. office.
"She brings a wealth of SEC enforcement experience and is one of the most knowledgeable lawyers in the country in the area of SEC regulations impacting municipalities and those who underwrite and sell municipal securities," he said.
Greenberg has nearly 30 years of experience and focuses her practice on securities and regulatory matters, investigations, enforcement actions, and litigation.
Prior to joining Orrick, she was a senior officer in the SEC's enforcement division. She was the first chief of the SEC's unit for municipal securities and public pensions, now called the public finance abuse unit, during which time she built and led the unit to oversee the commission's enforcement efforts involving the muni and public pension marketplaces.
She also served as the associate director of the commission's Philadelphia regional office, overseeing the SEC's enforcement in the Mid-Atlantic region.
"Elaine's addition augments the ability of our office to offer a full range of services to our clients on the Hill, before the various administrative agencies, the Washington D.C. council and in the courtroom," said Laura Metcoff Klaus, co-managing director of Greenberg Traurig's D.C. office.
Greenberg earned both her J.D. and B.A. from Temple University.
The Greenberg Traurig securities litigation practice that Greenberg will join has been lead defense counsel in hundreds of securities class actions, derivatives lawsuits, and SEC investigations and enforcement actions, according to the firm. The team regularly handles matters in front of the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the American Arbitration Association, the National Futures Association, and state and federal courts across the country.
The firm's D.C. office also represents clients ranging from the federal defense sector to energy, telecommunications and health care companies in front of government agencies, regulatory bodies, Congress, and the courts.
Greenberg Traurig is an international, multi-practice law firm with approximately 1,900 attorneys. It has 38 offices across the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
