William E. Grauer

William E. Grauer ("Bill Grauer") is a lawyer in New York and California who served for 22 years, from 1988 to 2010, as the Chair of the Standing Committee on Discipline for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Grauer was responsible for supervising discipline cases against attorneys in federal court. He is also a former Chair of the Ethics Committee of the San Diego County Bar Association. Until his recent retirement, Grauer was a partner at the law firm of Cooley LLP specializing in securities litigation and the PSLRA, and has argued cases in the United States Supreme Court,[1][2] the California Supreme Court and multiple times in the Circuit Court of Appeals.

Selected by the Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of the top 100 lawyers in the state of California,[3] Grauer served as the lead counsel for PacifiCare in the In Re Managed Care Litigation, MDL 1440 (S.D. Fla), one of the largest certified class actions in US history.[4] He also served on the Steering Committee leading the IPO Allocation litigation, the largest coordinated securities litigation in US history.[5] In both New York and California, Grauer is recognized for his representation of life sciences and healthcare companies, in particular regarding securities litigation, fraud litigation, government and regulatory investigations and internal corporate investigations. In 2016, Grauer will also serve as a mediator in confidential matters involving corporate Special Committee investigations.

Education and early career

Grauer attended Cornell University and graduated in 1971 with Honors in Government, magna cum laude, and was awarded a degree With Distinction. In 1974, he earned his J.D. from Cornell Law School, where he also served as the Articles Editor of the Law Review and was elected to Order of the Coif.

In 1980 Grauer was appointed by the Attorney General of the United States to serve as an Assistant United States Attorney handling Special Fraud Prosecutions in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. As an Assistant United States Attorney, Grauer was given special achievement awards by the Attorney General of the United States, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Secret Service.[6]

Bar Association Activities

Grauer was a member of the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates for the 2008-2010 term and a Lawyer Representative, 9th Circuit Judicial Conference for the 2007-2010 term. From 2005 to 2013, he served as Co-Chair of the IPO Litigation Subcommittee of the ABA section of Litigation. He has written extensively in the area of securities litigation.

References
  1. United States Supreme Court, Oral Argument, Pacific Healthcare Systems Inc., et. Al, Petitioners vs. Jeffrey Brook, et. al
  2. "Cooley Godward team helps consumer health group win two major court cases, San Diego Business Journal, May 12, 2003
  3. Top 100 Lawyers, Los Angeles Daily Journal
  4. United States Supreme Court, Oral Argument, Pacific Healthcare Systems Inc., et. Al, Petitioners vs. Jeffrey Brook, et. al
  5. "The IPO Allocation Cases: Developments in the Largest Consolidated Securities Case in History," Securities Litigation Journal, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Volume 16, No. 2, Winter 2006, William E. Grauer and Angela L. Dunning
  6. General Order Nos. 277A-G, United States District Court, Southern District of California (1988-2010)

Further reading
  • "The Holistic Approach to Scienter Under Tellabs," Securities Litigation Journal, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Volume 19, Number 2, Winter 2009, William E. Grauer, Mary Kathryn Kelley and Peter M. Adams
  • "Discounting Anonymity: The Future of Confidential Witnesses Post-Tellabs in Federal Securities Fraud Class Actions," Securities Litigation Journal, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Volume 18, Number 3, Spring 2008, William E. Grauer and Ryan E. Blair
  • "Broker-Dealer Litigation under the Reliance Requirement of Rule 10b-5," Securities Litigation Journal, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Fall 2007, William E. Grauer and Mary Kathryn Kelley
  • "Heady Days," The Recorder, March 17, 2003, Brenda Sandburg
  • "Securities Fraud Law and Sexual Privacy," California Lawyer, October 2000, William E. Grauer and James V. Fazio III
  • "Securities Fraud Pleading Standards, and New Requirements for Investigating Employees," California Lawyer, December 1999, William E. Grauer, William S. Freeman and James V. Fazio III
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.