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Experience:
Steven Kramer focuses his practice on civil litigation, primarily complex business and securities litigation, SEC enforcement actions, and white-collar criminal defense. He has handled a variety of civil litigation since 1981, including class actions, derivative cases, securities, banking, commercial, contract, environmental, accountant�s liability, RICO, ERISA, and other complex litigation. He has represented clients in Justice Department investigations, SEC enforcement proceedings, and investigations by various federal, state, and local government departments and agencies. He has tried a significant number of civil and criminal cases as well as administrative proceedings.
Prior to entering private practice, Steven was an Assistant United States Attorney with the United States Attorney�s Office for the Central District of California and a member of the Fraud and Special Prosecutions Unit. While at the US Attorney�s Office, he served as an instructor at the advanced criminal trial course given by the Department of Justice, Trial Advocacy Institute in Washington, DC. Steven also served as a trial attorney with the Division of Enforcement of the United States Securities Exchange Commission. At the SEC, he handled a number of civil and administrative proceedings, involving violations of the federal securities laws by public and privately held companies, broker/dealers, investment advisers, investment companies, and accounting firms. | 