Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Primarily based out of its Newport Beach headquarters, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth ‘provides a high level of client service’ to public and private companies, and their officers and directors, in connection with shareholder class actions, derivative cases, and direct cases. Leveraging the experience of many ex-governmental regulators, including Alfred Tierney – who joined in October 2024 from a fintech company having previously worked for many years at the enforcement division of the SEC – the firm is adept at helping companies navigate SEC investigations. The firm’s skill in this arena is exemplified by Kathleen Marcus, who is another former lawyer of the agency. Marc Schneider and Jason De Bretteville co-head the team alongside Marcus and ’are both excellent courtroom lawyers and counselors’.