Paul offers sophisticated guidance with a collaborative and responsive approach. He is comfortable managing complex multiparty matters and reporting to boards of directors, audit committees, executives, and principals of all types of business organizations, from large public corporations and financial institutions to small privately held corporations, private equity funds, and registered broker-dealers and investment advisers.
In addition to handling enforcement actions brought by the SEC, Department of Justice (DOJ), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and other state and federal financial regulators and self-regulatory organizations, Paul regularly defends corporate clients and executives in private shareholder class action lawsuits and actions brought by qui tam plaintiffs under the False Claims Act and state law equivalents. He also guides clients through national and international business arbitrations.
Earlier in his career, Paul served as Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel for the SEC’s Enforcement Division. In this role, he investigated and litigated some of the agency’s most complex cases covering the entire SEC portfolio, including public company disclosures, auditing standards, bribery and corruption, market manipulation, crypto currencies, and insider trading. He also ran complex matters involving SEC registrants such as broker-dealers, investment advisers, accountants, attorneys, mutual funds, and private equity funds.
Credentials
Education
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1989
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 1992
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New Jersey
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Clerkships
- HonorableE.M. Kosik, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

