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Keith W. Miller
KeKeith Miller is a partner in the Litigation practice of Paul Hastings in New York. He is a former SEC enforcement attorney whose practice focuses on securities enforcement, securities litigation and white collar crime matters. His clients include some of the world’s leading financial institutions, including investment banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, investment advisers and commercial banks, as well as corporations and their officers and directors. He frequently represents these clients in connection with investigations being conducted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Justice, State Attorney General Offices, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Congressional committees.
Most recently, Mr. Miller has represented clients in litigations and investigations involving public pension fund investments and the use of placement agents, commonly referred to as the “pay-to-play” pension fund investigations, the Bernard Madoff scandal, the subprime mortgage and credit crisis, and auction rate securities. He also has been involved in several high-profile regulatory investigations and litigations relating to insider trading, failed hedge funds, market timing and late trading, naked short selling and private placement (PIPES) transactions. Recent representations include the following:
- Futures Commission Merchant ("FCM") – Mr. Miller is representing a FCM in connection with an investigation being conducted by the CFTC relating to the segregation of customer funds.
- New Mexico State Investment Office (NMSIO) – Mr. Miller was the lead attorney hired by the NMSIO to perform an internal review of the facts and circumstances related to the role of placement agents in investments made by the NMSIO. Mr. Miller and his team of attorneys also assisted the NMSIO in responding to several subpoenas issued by the SEC and the Department of Justice.
- Bernard Madoff Ponzi Scheme – Mr. Miller was involved in representing an international fund-of-fund adviser in connection with its $200 million investment in a hedge fund that invested all of its assets with Bernard Madoff Investment Securities. Mr. Miller is representing the fund-of-fund advisor in connection with investigations being conducted by the SEC and the Receiver appointed by the Bankruptcy Court, and civil litigation filed in federal district court.
Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Mr. Miller was a partner at a multinational firm in the securities enforcement and white collar crime practice group. Mr. Miller was also a branch chief in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Northeast Regional Office, where he worked in the division of Broker-Dealer Enforcement and Interpretations.
Mr. Miller is often quoted in the press and is a frequent lecturer and author on securities law topics.
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