Peter J. Anderson


Partner
Atlanta, P: 404.853.8414
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With more than 35 years of experience, Peter Anderson helps public companies, their officers and directors, along with financial services, accounting and law firms and their principals vigorously respond to U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions, Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations and criminal prosecutions, and complex civil litigation. Peter also represents brokerage firms, broker-dealers and individual brokers before the SEC, all self-regulatory organizations, state securities regulators and attorneys general in investigations relating to supervision, suitability, sales practices and insider trading.

Peter frequently conducts investigations at the request of audit and special committees of the boards of directors of public and private companies. Such representations include investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, securities sales practice abuses including insider trading and market manipulation, financial reporting fraud and financial defalcation.

Peter’s securities litigation experience includes the defense of multi-district class actions, as well as the defense of financial services and accounting firms in more than 40 federal and state jury trials and in numerous complex securities arbitrations.

A member of Sutherland’s Crisis Management and Complex Litigation Team, Peter also helps clients navigate crises and develop legal response strategies tailored to each specific situation. To learn more about how Sutherland defends companies facing challenges on multiple fronts, including civil litigation and parallel criminal investigations, multi-district litigation proceedings, putative class actions, Congressional investigations and hearings, regulatory investigations, internal investigations, shareholder direct and derivative claims, and corporate disclosure issues, contact Peter or visit sutherlandcrisismanagement.com.
Education

J.D., Dickinson School of Law, 1975

B.A., Dickinson College, 1972

Bar Admissions

Georgia, Pennsylvania