ABOUT THE FIRM AND ITS FOUNDER
Ted offers clients the benefit of twenty years' experience as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Senior Trial Counsel at the SEC. Ted founded Securities Law Counsel to provide high-quality, practical legal and regulatory compliance advice and advocacy. The firm advises a range of clients, including:
- SEC-registered investment advisers;
- Ultra-high net worth investors;
- Holders of privately-offered securities in closely-held companies;
- Digital asset-related businesses; and
- Companies and individuals involved in SEC enforcement and litigation matters.
For ten years, Ted was a senior investigative attorney and Senior Trial Counsel for the enforcement division of the SEC. After leaving the SEC in 2013, he was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for multi-billion dollar registered investment advisers, including a multi-family office for UHNW families, a multi-strategy hedge fund, and a private credit fund. He was also Chief Compliance Officer for a Commodity Pool Operator and Commodity Trading Advisor, registered with both the CFTC and the National Futures Association. Ted formed Securities Law Counsel to meet the need for deeply experienced, practical and responsive legal representation of RIAs, UHNW investors, digital assets businesses, and others by a provider that is not a large law firm.
Ted earned his B.A. at Brown University and his J.D. from Cornell Law School. He is admitted to the state bars of Florida and New York, and to the bars of the federal district courts in the Southern District of Florida, Middle District of Florida, and the Northern District of Florida. Ted has also been admitted in federal district court as an expert in SEC regulatory matters. He is married, has two adult children, and loves the outdoors and nature photography.
