Attorney Profile—Brian T. Borders

Practice Areas

Brian T. Borders practices in the following areas of law:

Federal Regulation
Federal Legislation
Securities Regulation
Securities Class Actions
Corporate Governance
Broker-Dealer Regulation

Professional Background

Brian Borders has represented a wide range of clients on a variety of regulatory and legislative matters during his 25-year career in Washington.

For 10 years, Mr. Borders was president of the Association of Publicly Traded Companies (APTC), a non-profit business association of over 900 companies. He represented APTC to Congress, the SEC, stock markets, and various regulatory agencies. In 2002, APTC merged with the American Business Conference, a Washington, DC group with similar membership and goals, for whom Mr. Borders now serves as outside counsel.

Mr. Borders has served on a variety of regulatory and advisory boards and committees. He has addressed national and regional meetings of various organizations and participated on panels before corporate, investor and international business groups.

Mr. Borders also served for four years as president and chief administrative officer of a manufacturing trade association and managed an array of programs such as member education, standards, and statistics. He served as liaison to the association’s counterpart organizations in Europe and Japan.

Mr. Borders was legislative counsel to U.S. Senator Alfonse D’Amato of New York, a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee. During this time, Mr. Borders worked on major financial services and securities legislation, and tax and federal budget matters.

Admitted

California
District of Columbia
Colorado

Law School

University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D.

College

United States Military Academy at West Point, B.S.

Academic Honors and Experience

Order of the Coif
Thurston Society
Note and Comment Editor, Hastings Law Journal
Adjunct Associate Professor, Hastings College of Law

Boards and Committees

Board of Governors, National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD, now FINRA) 2000-2004
Board of Directors, NASDAQ Stock Market, 2000-2002
Planning Committee of the Annual SEC Forum on Small Business Capital Formation
Listings Hearing Panel, NASDAQ Stock Exchange
Public Policy Council, Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.

Military

Commissioned officer, U.S. Army

Highlights

SEC, NYSE and NASDAQ Corporate Governance Rulemaking
Standards and Guidance on Fair Value Accounting
SEC Regulation of Short Sales
Major Criminal and Regulatory Enforcement Actions
SEC and PCAOB Sarbanes-Oxley Rulemakings
Revisions of new Tax Code Sections related to private equity partnerships
Represented issuers on various proxy review committees
Y2K Legislation
Pooling of Interests Accounting Rule Changes
Stock Options Accounting Controversies
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA)
Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act (SLUSA)
Major Revision of Annual Meeting Proxy Process

Rate Information

We customarily bill at fixed hourly rates, but other fee structures can be negotiated. Our streamlined organization allows us to offer specialized and sophisticated services at competitive rates.