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Bret

Bret A. Finkelstein

Counsel to the Firm

Bret Finkelstein is a commercial litigator with a broad range of experience defending companies and individuals in securities, professional liability, and other complex commercial disputes and litigation. His practice also includes a significant focus in the investigations, compliance, and white-collar practice area where he assists clients with internal investigations, government investigations, and enforcement proceedings.

Bret has considerable experience defending clients in state and federal courts, and before government regulatory bodies including the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. He has also represented companies and individuals in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries in investigations by the federal government and in civil litigation.

Before law school, Bret practiced as an Accountant for four years at Ernst & Young, where he performed financial statement audits for public companies and other entities.

Professional Experience

Lane Powell PC

Counsel to the Firm (2021-Present)
Associate (2015-2021)

Arnold & Porter LLP (New York and D.C. offices)

Litigation Associate (2010-2015)
Summer Associate (2008)

City of Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Intern (2007)

Ernst & Young LLP

Senior Associate (2004-2006)
Associate (2002-2004)

Thought Leadership

January 1, 2021News
Lane Powell Elects New Shareholders and Counsel to the Firm
Firm Announcement
August 20, 2020News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Recognizes 92 Lane Powell Attorneys
Awards & Honors
October 7, 2017Publication
Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Plaintiffs' Challenge to Risk Factors and Earnings Projections, in Williams v. Globus Medical, Inc. (July 28, 2017)
Securities Litigation Legal Update
June 29, 2017Publication
From Sea to Shining Sea: The Ninth Circuit Aligns With the Second Circuit in Affirming Omnicare Decision’s Benefits for Securities-Suit Targets
The Legal Pulse Blog
May 16, 2017Publication
Ninth Circuit Applies Omnicare Standard for Pleading False Statements of Opinion to Section 10(b) Claims, in City of Dearborn Heights v. Align Technology (May 5, 2017)
Securities Litigation Legal Update
January 14, 2017Publication
Eleventh Circuit Upholds District Court Dismissal of Claims Against Pharma Company Related to Undisclosed Payments to Stock Promoters, in In re Galectin Therapeutics, Inc. Securities Litigation (December 15, 2016)
Securities Litigation Legal Update
May 26, 2016Publication
Eighth Circuit Rules Safe Harbor Does Not Protect CEO's Statements Because He Had Actual Knowledge They Were Misleading, in Rand-Heart of New York, Inc. v. Dolan (February 10, 2016)
Securities Litigation Legal Update
May 25, 2016Publication
Ninth Circuit Clarifies When Revelation of an Investigation Can Constitute a Corrective Disclosure, in Lloyd v. CVB Financial Corporation (February 1, 2016)
Securities Litigation Legal Update
October 12, 2015News
Finkelstein Joins Lane Powell’s Securities Litigation Practice Group
February 5, 2014Publication
Preparing an Effective PCAOB Statement of Position
The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, Vol. 47, No. 3

Practices & Industries

Class Actions
Commercial Litigation
Investigations, Compliance & White Collar
Securities & Corporate Governance Litigation

Education

Boston University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2009
- Boston University Law Review, Managing Editor
- Paul J. Liacos Distinguished Scholar
- G. Joseph Tauro Distinguished Scholar
University of Washington, B.A., 2002

Admissions

Washington
New York

Honors

"Ones to Watch," Best Lawyers®, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities (2021)

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