Texas Regulatory Defense Lawyer
The Law Office of James Zier, P.C. represents individuals and entities that are, or anticipate being, under inquiry or investigation by federal, state, or local government agencies and regulatory bodies.
Prior to returning to private practice, Mr. Zier was an enforcement attorney at the headquarters of the Texas State Securities Board. While at the Securities Board, Mr. Zier investigated individuals and entities to prevent and detect securities fraud and other white collar crimes such as theft, embezzlement, misapplication of fiduciary property, forgery, money laundering, securing execution of a document by deception, mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and interstate transportation of stolen property. Mr. Zier has experience working with federal, state, and local law enforcement, government agencies, and self-regulatory organizations such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) formerly known as the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Postal Inspectors, Attorney General (AG), Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSA), District Attorneys (DA), court appointed receivers, and securities regulators in other states and countries. As a result of his experience, Mr. Zier has extensive contacts with regulators and law enforcement throughout Texas and the United States.
Mr. Zier is able to leverage the experience and knowledge of having been on the other side of the table, to help you and your company respond appropriately to any inquiry or investigation by law enforcement or regulatory bodies.
Mr. Zier is a former member of the Editorial Board of Capital Asia magazine, has lectured accounting and MBA students at the University of Texas at Austin on how to conduct fraud examinations, and is a regular speaker at investor education seminars. He is a member of the Business Law Section, Corporate Counsel Section, Criminal Justice Section, and Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas and is also a member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Mr. Zier has successfully represented individuals and companies facing a multitude of charges and allegations including adminsitrative, civil, and criminal charges.
Having seen first-hand the investigative and enforcement process and procedures, Mr. Zier can more easily spot the legal deficiencies in the government’s case. If you have been targeted by a regulator or contacted by a regulator claiming that they are conducting a “routine inquiry” or are seeking “routine information”, it is imperative that you hire an attorney as soon as possible. Mr. Zier will aggressively defend you and your company to make sure that the “routine inquiry” does not become a routine criminal case.
