Deb Heilizer, a member of Sutherland’s Litigation Practice Group, represents public companies and regulated entities, including broker-dealers, investment advisers and individuals in a wide range of securities matters. Deb’s practice has particular emphasis on accounting and financial issues, regulatory enforcement, and litigation involving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), self-regulatory organizations and private litigants. She also advises clients on state and federal regulatory matters, disclosure issues and compliance matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Deb was in-house counsel at the retail brokerage division of a large financial institution, where she handled litigation and regulatory matters. For more than a decade, she also worked at the SEC’s Division of Enforcement conducting and supervising investigations involving potential violations of the federal securities laws. Many of these matters involved public company financial statement issues, disclosure issues, broker-dealer issues, investment adviser matters and potential insider trading.

Deb served as a law clerk for the Honorable Charles A. Legge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.