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Patricia C. O'Prey

Partner

Patricia C. O'Prey focuses on complex civil litigation, regulatory enforcement investigations, and white-collar criminal defense. Ms. O’Prey represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial and securities litigation, as well as institutions and individuals under government investigation, including investigation by criminal authorities, the SEC and other regulatory bodies. Some of the matters she has handled include:

• Representation of a large broker-dealer in connection with auction rate securities investigations by the SEC and various state regulators;
• Representation of a large broker-dealer in civil litigation relating to auction rate securities;
• Representation of plaintiff banks, insurance companies and hedge funds bringing federal securities fraud actions against promoters, accounting firms, investment banks, and attorneys in connection with securitizations of asset-backed securities involving fraudulent misrepresentations in the relevant offering documents in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme;
• Representation of trusts, companies, corporate officers, securities professionals and individuals under investigation by the SEC and DOJ for alleged violations of the federal securities and criminal laws;
• Provision of litigation advice to an investment bank relating to certain credit default swap positions;
• Co-lead counsel in a federal jury trial involving complex breach of contract and copyright infringement claims brought against an international business entity; and
• Counsel for an investment fund bringing claims based on various breaches and misrepresentations of a stock purchase agreement.

Ms. O'Prey is a member of the New York and California bars and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit, the United States District for the Southern District of New York, the Northern and Central Districts Court of California, and the Northern District of Oklahoma. She is a newsletter editor for the Woman Advocate Committee of the American Bar Association and has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Hastings 1066 Foundation for the University of California Hastings College of the Law.