Elizabeth Hogan is a counsel in the firm's Securities Department, and a member of the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice Group. She joined the firm in 2006.
Practice
Ms. Hogan has represented individuals and public and private companies in civil and criminal matters before federal courts, federal regulators, and congressional committees. She also has experience conducting domestic and global internal investigations, and working with international branch client offices in the course of these investigations and responding to related international privacy concerns.
Recent Highlights
- Representing the former CEO of the nation’s largest mortgage originator in a civil suit alleging insider trading and securities fraud brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission following the financial crisis
- Defending underwriters of a secondary offering in a private action alleging violations of the Securities Act and successfully obtaining a dismissal of all claims after argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Obtaining a dismissal of claims against an independent auditor in a securities fraud class action in the Western District of Texas
- Conducting an internal investigation on two continents on behalf of a multi-national pharmaceutical company involving whistleblower claims alleging accounting fraud
- Representing a global financial institution in an investigation into the tax treatment of derivatives held by offshore investors brought by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
- Representing a multi-national financial institution in a valuation inquiry brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission resulting from the subprime mortgage crisis
- Representing a global accounting firm in an inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission into violations of the auditor independence rules
