SEC and Regulatory: A former SEC Enforcement Division attorney, Mr. Herzinger has successfully defended corporations, officers and directors, financial institutions, broker-dealers, investment advisers, auditors, government officials, and municipalities in dozens of investigations and enforcement proceedings by the SEC, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), State Attorney General offices, and self-regulatory organizations, such as FINRA.

Securities Litigation: Mr. Herzinger has successfully defended officers, directors, and public and private companies in dozens of securities class actions, derivative actions, and M&A litigation. His representative cases include:

• Represents Dapper Labs, Inc. in Friel v. Dapper Labs Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.)
• Represented Oracle Corporation in In re Cerner Corporation Merger Litigation (S.D.N.Y.)
• Represented the Elastos Foundation in Owen v. Elastos Foundation Securities Class Action (S.D.N.Y.)
• Represented Oracle Corporation in Klein v. Ellison, et al. (N.D. Cal.).
• Represented SandRidge Energy in Gernandt v. SandRidge Energy (W.D. Okla.)
• Represented PwC in In re Metropolitan Securities Litigation (E.D. Wash.)
• Represented Chesapeake Energy Corp. in UFCW v. Chesapeake Securities Class Action (W.D. Okla.)
• Represented PwC in Metropolitan v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (E.D. Wash.)
• Represented Retek Inc. in In re Retek Securities Litigation (D. Minn.)
• Represented Robertson Stephens, Inc. in In re Mutual Fund Trading Securities Litigation (D. Md. MDL)
• Represented Walmart in Furman v. Walton, et al. (N.D. Cal.)
• Represented Ocwen Financial Corporation in Powell et al v. Ocwen Financial Corporation (S.D.N.Y.)  

Internal Investigations: Mr. Herzinger has conducted over 50 global and domestic internal investigations for public and private companies and audit committees regarding a myriad of issues, including accounting fraud, internal controls, disclosures, the FCPA, insider trading, and whistleblower retaliation claims. He has conducted investigations in Asia, Europe, Central America, and South America.

Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: Hr. Herzinger has represented blockchain and cryptocurrency platforms, founders, funds, and exchanges in SEC and state regulatory investigations, securities litigation, and regulatory compliance matters. He has developed a deep knowledge of blockchain and cryptocurrency and has been working on such matters for several years.

• "SEC suffers judicial setbacks for administrative hearings," Daily Journal (June 2022)
• Quoted in "Digital Assets: What to Do When the SEC Comes Calling," Crowdfund Insider (January 26, 2020)
• Co-author, "Challenging SEC Authority to Enforce the Bank Secrecy Act," Law360 (July 12, 2018)
• Co-author, "SEC's OCIE 2018 Areas of Focus," Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation (March 6, 2018)
• Co-author, "SEC Cybersecurity Enforcement at Watershed Moment: How Companies Should Prepare," Bloomberg Big Law Business (March 6, 2018)
• Co-author, "Government Leaks Lead to Landmark Insider Trading Case," Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation (June 14, 2017)
• Co-Author: "On Tap: The Government's Use of Wiretaps in Insider Trading Prosecutions Shows a Willingness to Use Nontraditional Methods of Investigation," Los Angeles Lawyer (April 2012)
• Presenter, "Bio-Rad: In-House Counsel - Trusted Adviser, Whistleblower or Both?", PLI Institute, On-Demand One-House Briefing, March 24, 2017
• A New Era of Federal Prosecutions: Challenges for Main Street and Wall Street, New York, February 2012
• AICPA Forensic Accounting Conference 2011, Insider Trading Investigations: Best Practices in Internal Investigations, Takeaways from the Rajaratnam Case, and the Government's New Insider Trading Initiatives, Chicago, September 2011
• AICPA Forensic Accounting Conference 2011, Navigational Skills for the Forensic Accountant, Chicago, September 2011