Attorney Profiles

Brent R. Baker
Salt Lake City, Utah


phone	(801) 532-1234
fax	(801) 536-6111
email	BBaker@parsonsbehle.com
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Brent Baker is a member of the Litigation department and the firm's Securities Litigation Group. Mr. Baker's practice focuses on corporate internal investigations and on representing corporate and individual clients in white collar regulatory enforcement and litigation matters in court and before the U.S. Department of Justice, the SEC and other federal and state agencies. Mr. Baker has also represented broker-dealers, investment advisors and individual registered representatives before the SEC and National Association of Securities Dealers.

With his litigation and mediation experience as a top defense attorney and former Special Counsel at the SEC, Mr. Baker has the expertise to represent and conduct internal investigations for public companies. As a former Special Counsel at the SEC, he prosecuted a wide range of securities violations, and also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. Mr. Baker also has substantial experience counseling financial services entities on anti-money laundering (AML) issues.

Before joining Parsons Behle & Latimer, he was Deputy General Counsel at Overstock.com, Inc. (NasdaqNM:OSTK).

Related Activities and Skills:

Judicial law clerk to the Honorable Bruce S. Jenkins, U.S. District Court, for the District of Utah, 1989-1990

Treasurer, Utah State Bar Securities Section

Recipient, SEC Chairman's Award for Excellence (2002)

Managing Editor, University of Oregon Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation

Chairman, University of Utah Marriott Library Advisory Board

Areas of Practice:: Banking & Finance Law; Venture Capital; Business & Commercial Law; Consumer Protection; Contracts; Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures; Business Organizations; Shareholders' Rights; Class Actions -- Plaintiff; Communications & Media Law; FCC; Internet; Television & Film; Federal; White Collar Crimes; Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law; Tourism, Travel & Leisure; Law Enforcement Agencies; Internet -- Cyberspace; Computer Crimes; Computer Law; Litigation & Appeals; Class Actions; Complex Litigation; Federal Trial Practice; Securities Law; Capital Markets; Commodities; Foreign Investment; Private Placements; Public Offerings; Securities Fraud & Insider Trading; Securities Regulation

Bar Admissions:: Utah; New York; U.S. District Court District of Utah; U.S. District Court District of Nevada; U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court District of Maryland

Education:: University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon, 1987
J.D.; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1984
B.A.

Published Works:: Predatory Naked Short Sales, Utah CEO Magazine, December, 2007; The Special Immigrant Exception for Religious Ministers, 7 Boston College Third World Law Journal, 1997

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Panelist - "Why Regulators Hate Reverse Mergers", DealFlow Media's 2008 Reverse Merger Conference, June 18, 2008 - June 19, 2008; "Surviving Regulatory Audits, Tenants-in-common Association", San Diego, CA, April 2006; "Avoiding Aggressive Trading Tactics, Deal Flow Media", The PIPES Report, Las Vegas, NV, May 2006; "Criminal and Regulatory Dangers of Alternative Financing: Understanding the Risks and Ways to Protect Yourself", Reverse Merger Conference, New York City, July 2006; "Litigation and Non-litigation Strategies to Combat Abusive Short Selling Tactics," Reverse Merger Conference, San Francisco, February 2006; Briefed Members of Senate Finance Committee and Subcommittee of Financial Institutions on Predatory Short Selling Practices, Washington D.C., August 2005; Briefed Members of Senate Judiciary Committee on Activities of Hedge Funds and Independent Analysts, Washington D.C., June 2006; "Naked Shorts: An Overstock.com Perspective", Utah State Bar Securities Section, January 2006

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The law firm of Parsons Behle & Latimer provides legal counsel and representation to Intermountain West businesses in Salt Lake City, Reno, Las Vegas, Boise, Phoenix, Billings and Denver. We regularly represent clients in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, California, Montana and Wyoming.