Paul Kisslinger

With decades of experience in the public and private sectors, including more than a dozen years of trying complex, high-profile cases for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Paul Kisslinger steers clients through high-stakes regulatory enforcement actions, internal and governmental investigations, and securities and corporate governance matters. He also is a seasoned commercial litigator, having served as lead trial counsel in numerous federal and state jury and bench trials, appeals, and administrative hearings.

Paul offers sophisticated guidance with a collaborative and responsive approach. He is comfortable managing complex multiparty matters and reporting to boards of directors, audit committees, executives, and principals of all types of business organizations, from large public corporations and financial institutions to small privately held corporations, private equity funds, and registered broker-dealers and investment advisers.

In addition to handling enforcement actions brought by the SEC, Department of Justice (DOJ), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and other state and federal financial regulators and self-regulatory organizations, Paul regularly defends corporate clients and executives in private shareholder class action lawsuits and actions brought by qui tam plaintiffs under the False Claims Act and state law equivalents. He also guides clients through national and international business arbitrations.

 Earlier in his career, Paul served as Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel for the SEC’s Enforcement Division. In this role, he investigated and litigated some of the agency’s most complex cases covering the entire SEC portfolio, including public company disclosures, auditing standards, bribery and corruption, market manipulation, crypto currencies, and insider trading. He also ran complex matters involving SEC registrants such as broker-dealers, investment advisers, accountants, attorneys, mutual funds, and private equity funds.