Morgan Lewis offices in downtown Philadelphia. April 9, 2018. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

Additions

G. Jeffrey Boujoukos, who most recently served as director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Philadelphia regional office, is set to rejoin Morgan, Lewis & Bockius as a partner focusing on securities enforcement defense, internal investigations and financial services litigation.

Boujoukos, who was a Morgan Lewis partner before serving more than 10 years with the SEC, will reside in the firm's offices in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

As a regional director at the SEC, Boujoukos supervised the agency's examination and enforcement programs in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Prior, he served as the SEC's associate regional director over enforcement from 2014 to 2016. Boujoukos began his tenure at the SEC in 2009 as regional trial counsel in the Philadelphia office, conducting litigation through trial and supervising actions pending in federal court and administrative proceedings.

Boujoukos' return follows on the heels of another former government official's return to the firm in January, Matthew Miner, who served as deputy assistant attorney general, criminal division, at the U.S. Department of Justice.

While in private practice, Boujoukos regularly defended financial services clients and their executives in SEC, self-regulatory organization, and state enforcement matters.

He represented broker-dealers and their employees in numerous FINRA customer-initiated arbitrations across the United States.

Boujoukos also has civil litigation experience in securities and other commercial matters and represented clients in shareholder class actions and derivative actions against public and private corporations, directors and officers.

Speakers

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young attorneys Mark Chopko and Jennifer Gniady served as panelists on a webcast with the Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference through Villanova University's Center for Church Management.

The webcast, "Understanding the CARES Act for Catholic Dioceses," was directed to assist diocesan fiscal managers and chief administrators with background in the evolving regulatory environment.

Among the topics addressed were questions that arise around the CARES Act, including applications for Small Business Administration loans, the qualification and regulatory oversight for federal financial assistance, uses and restrictions of funds for schools, and disaster assistance.

Chopko chairs Stradley Ronon's nonprofit and religious organizations practice group and advises clients, including colleges and universities, in matters involving structural, business, governance, regulatory and complex litigation.

He specializes in defending religious organizations and also teaches a seminar on church-state law at Georgetown University Law Center.

A former general counsel for the U.S. Conference on Catholic Bishops, he participated in more than 30 Supreme Court cases as counsel for religious groups in friend-of-the-Court briefs.

Gniady helps nonprofit organizations of all sizes navigate complex legal issues while remaining true to their charitable missions.

Her practice combines experience with both tax exemption issues and corporate matters.

She works with clients to respond to existing threats and legal issues, while counseling practices to strengthen the organization in the long term.

Her clients include charities, religious organizations, associations, schools and arts organizations.

Her practice includes forming nonprofit organizations, advising on corporate governance and bylaws, analyzing lobbying and fundraising practices, responding to inquiries from IRS, state, and local charitable regulators, and managing litigation.

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