Stephen A. Cazares, a former federal prosecutor with two decades of experience handling complex corporate and securities fraud investigations and litigation, has joined the renowned white collar and government investigations team at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, as a partner. He will serve clients across the country from the firm’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices.
Most recently the Deputy Chief of the Major Frauds Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, Mr. Cazares played a leading role in many of Southern California’s largest and most high-profile white collar investigations and prosecutions of the last 14 years. Mr. Cazares also served as a staff attorney in the SEC Division of Enforcement, where he investigated and prosecuted a wide range of financial fraud cases. Many of his investigations involved parallel civil litigation and/or SEC regulatory investigations and litigation.
