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William Goydan, a member of Wolff & Samson’s Financial Services Litigation Group, represents clients throughout the country in complex commercial matters, particularly in the areas of securities litigation, regulatory enforcement, trade secret and employment matters.

Bill’s recent experience includes the successful representation of two international hedge funds in a lengthy investigation of issues related to market timing, as well as representing national broker-dealers and senior management in investigations related to bond mark-ups, fee-based brokerage and variable annuity products. In addition, the Special Litigation Committee of a NYSE-listed corporation recently retained Bill’s counsel in response to shareholder claims.

Bill’s litigation and regulatory experience includes representing a wide range of companies and individuals in the financial arena. Clients include:

• Hedge funds
• Broker-Dealers
• Investment advisers
• Law firms
• Banks
• Special committees
• Executives

The types of matters clients bring to Bill are equally varied and include issues related to:

• Advertising and marketing materials
• Books and records
• Bond mark-ups
• Class action defense
• Compensation disputes
• Derivative claims
• Employee embezzlement
• Employee recruiting and raiding
• Fee-based brokerage accounts
• Insider trading
• Investment adviser compliance
• Market timing of mutual funds and variable annuities
• Options trading and supervision
• Privacy violations
• Securities offerings and private placements
• Trading desk supervision
• Variable annuity sales practices

In addition to his litigation practice, Bill is an arbitrator for FINRA and the National Futures Association. He is also a former trustee of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey and served on the Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Bill is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Commercial Litigation. He also has an AV® rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest ranking of both ethical standards and legal ability that Martindale awards.