Tallahassee
Tallahassee , FL – Former senior Florida Office of Financial Regulation lawyer, R. Michael Underwood, has joined the law firm of Fowler White Boggs Banker in its Tallahassee office.
According to Burt Wiand, Practice Group Leader of Fowler White’s Securities and Financial Services Litigation practice, “The addition of Mike is another significant step in the firm’s implementation of our strategic growth plan. We are truly excited about Mike joining our firm, giving us one of the largest securities and financial services litigation practices in Florida and adding to our firm a tremendous talent. Mike is well known in dealing with state financial services regulatory matters. To have a former attorney with the Florida OFR join our experienced group of lawyers raises the bar for our practice and our firm.”
Since leaving government, Michael Underwood has represented securities broker-dealers, investment advisers, financial institutions and affiliated individuals in civil litigation, arbitration, regulatory matters and enforcement actions. His experience includes defense of class actions, multi-district litigation and regular appearances before self-regulatory organizations like FINRA and the New York Stock Exchange as well as state and federal financial regulators. He will assist the firm’s clients with state securities, banking and insurance regulatory matters. Mr. Underwood is an officer of the American Bar Association Committee on State Regulation of Securities and Chair of its Subcommittee on Enforcement. He has written many publications on financial services regulation and lectures frequently on these topics.
Mr. Underwood remarked that, “joining Fowler White is truly exhilarating. The firm’s securities and financial services litigation group is not only widely known in Florida , but throughout the U.S. The quality of the lawyers is exceptional, and I feel privileged to join their ranks.”
Fowler White Boggs Banker is one of Florida ’s oldest and largest law firms with more than 210 attorneys in eight offices throughout Florida in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Ft. Myers, Tallahassee, Orlando, Naples, Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale. For more information, visit www.fowlerwhite.com.
