Amy Stahl Cotter

Amy joined Lewitas Hyman after working for more than two decades at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, where she served in multiple leadership roles including as an Assistant Director for the Division of Enforcement in the Chicago Office, Senior Trial Counsel, and as a member of the SEC’s specialized Asset Management Unit. Amy led SEC teams that investigated and litigated complex and high-profile securities matters involving insider trading, market manipulation, public company fraud and financial statement reporting, and violations by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)-registered audit firms. While at the SEC, Amy also served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in both the Northern District of Illinois and in the Southern District of Ohio, where she worked on two separate criminal insider-trading investigations. Additionally, Amy served on a coordination committee comprised of senior Enforcement and EXAMS staff in the SEC’s Chicago office. In 2001, the SEC awarded Amy the prestigious Ellen B. Ross award for exemplary performance. Amy’s practice now focuses on representing investors, registered representatives, registered investment advisors, broker-dealers, investment companies, audit firms, and other securities industry participants nationwide in regulatory audits and examinations, investigations, and related proceedings, as well as in litigation, arbitration and general counseling on matters relating to the securities industry.