Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the expansion
of its White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice with the
addition of Tracy S. Combs in the
San Francisco office.
SAN
FRANCISCO, July 19, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/
-- Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the
expansion of its White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice
with the addition of Tracy S. Combs
in the San Francisco office.
During Combs' eight-year tenure at the Securities & Exchange
Commission (SEC), she served in a variety of roles in Salt Lake City and San Francisco, most recently as director of
the SEC's Salt Lake Regional Office, where she oversaw some of the
office's most high-profile enforcement actions that had impact
throughout the United States.
At Greenberg Traurig, Combs will counsel clients nationwide,
including corporations, financial institutions, and individuals
regarding complex investigations, litigation, and regulatory
matters, including those involving the SEC, the Department of
Justice, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and other law
enforcement agencies and financial regulators.
"Welcoming Tracy and other exceptionally skilled attorneys like
her is key in our strategic expansion of the firm's global
Litigation Practice and in the overall growth of our California locations, which include six
throughout the state," said G. Michelle
Ferreira, senior vice president of Greenberg Traurig,
co-chair of the firm's global Tax Practice, and co-managing
shareholder of the San Francisco
and Silicon Valley offices. "Tracy's experience of having worked
in-depth for years with numerous federal agencies in matters with
national impact and her expertise in the rapidly developing area of
cybersecurity regulation will be highly valuable to our clients
throughout the country."
During Combs' tenure as a former SEC trial attorney and senior
counsel in the Division of Enforcement, she brought several
groundbreaking actions, including the SEC's first cybersecurity
disclosure enforcement action involving a public company's failure
to disclose a massive data breach and an insider trading action
against a biopharmaceutical executive in the Northern District of
California, identified in the
media as the first "shadow" insider trading case. In addition,
Combs served for three years in the Division of Enforcement's
Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit, where she co-led its
Cybersecurity & Regulated Entities working group. From 2021 to
2022, Combs served as counsel to the Director of Enforcement,
advising on priority enforcement actions and coordinating with the
SEC's criminal and civil law enforcement partners nationwide.
"Greenberg Traurig's commitment to legal excellence and its
entrepreneurial, collegial culture are a perfect fit with my
practice," Combs said. "The firm's multidisciplinary global
platform of highly collaborative attorneys makes it very attractive
to both attorneys and clients looking for growth locally and
worldwide."
Prior to Combs' government service, she was a litigator at a
large law firm in Philadelphia and
New York, with a focus in
high-stakes white collar criminal matters, securities class
actions, and complex commercial disputes. Combs also clerked for
the Honorable Luis Felipe Restrepo in the U.S. District Court for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than
2750 attorneys in 47 locations in the
United States, Europe and
the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm is a 2022 BTI "Highly
Recommended Law Firm" for superior client service and is
consistently among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100 and NLJ
500. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule 6.0 Certified Plus by The
Diversity Lab. The firm is recognized for powering its U.S. offices
with 100% renewable energy as certified by the Center for Resource
Solutions Green-e® Energy program and is a member of the
U.S. EPA's Green Power Partnership Program. The firm is known for
its philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono. Web:
http://www.gtlaw.com.
Media Contact
Leslie Kraft Burke, Greenberg
Traurig, +1 954.468.1770, kraftburkel@gtlaw.com, gtlaw.com
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