Scott Sorrels, a member of Sutherland’s Litigation Practice Group, has practiced in the securities regulatory and enforcement area for more than 25 years. His practice involves representing public and private companies, their officers and directors, along with financial institutions, accounting and law firms and their principals, in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions, Department of Justice investigations and criminal prosecutions, and complex civil litigation.

Scott frequently conducts investigations at the request of audit and special committees of the boards of directors of both public and private companies. These representations have included investigations into violations of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, financial reporting fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and officer and director misconduct.

Scott writes and speaks regularly on securities compliance, regulatory and enforcement issues, accountant liability, and corporate governance. He founded and has co-chaired the Georgia Institute for Continuing Legal Education advanced seminar program entitled “Securities Litigation and Regulatory Practice” for the past 15 years.

Before joining the firm, Scott was an enforcement attorney at the SEC from 1984 to 1986 where he worked on high-profile financial fraud cases. From 1986 to 2010, Scott was a partner at another law firm.