David R. Chase, a securities lawyer, has an extensive background in SEC and FINRA securities regulatory defense, as well as the representation of defrauded stock market investors in cases to recover their investment losses.
Mr. Chase began his legal career at Greenberg Traurig, an international law firm in Miami, where he represented securities and financial firms in securities cases and SEC and FINRA investigations.
Thereafter, he accepted a position as Staff Counsel in the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he worked for almost four years, ultimately obtaining the title of Senior Counsel. For part of that time, Mr. Chase served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office – Economic Crimes Division in the Southern District of Florida. While a Government prosecutor handling exclusively securities fraud cases, Mr. Chase was involved in matters involving insider trading, Ponzi schemes, market manipulations, municipal bond fraud and broker-dealer retail sales practice violations.
After leaving the SEC, Mr. Chase has run his own law firm, focusing exclusively on defending those under SEC, FINRA and state securities investigations and prosecutions, and fighting for the rights of defrauded investors in cases to recover their financial losses. Mr. Chase also represents securities professionals in legal claims against their employing securities firms, as well as in matters involving licensure.
Mr. Chase has been appointed by Federal District Court Judges to serve as Receiver in Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission cases, where he was empowered to protect the rights of defrauded securities investors and consumers. Mr. Chase has been published on SEC issues and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law where he teaches a course on SEC Enforcement Litigation.
- University of Miami School of Law
- J.D. (1992)
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- Law Review: University of Miami Law Review, 1990 – 1992
- Honors: cum laude
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- Tulane University
- B.A. (1988)
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- Major: English
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- Adjunct Professor of Law
- University of Miami School of Law
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- SEC Enforcement Litigation
- Attorney
- The Law Firm of David R. Chase P.A.
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- Silver Law Group
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- Special Assistant United States Attorney
- United States Attorney's Office - Southern District of Florida
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- Senior Counsel
- US Securities and Exchange Commission
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- Attorney
- Greenberg Traurig
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- When the SEC Comes Knocking
- Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
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- Florida Bar Association
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- American Bar Association
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- Florida
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- U.S. District Court Middle, Northern & Southern Districts of Florida
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- Free Consultation
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
- Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
- Securities Law
- English
- Spanish