Paul R. Bessette is a lawyer practicing government investigations, shareholder & securities litigation, securities and 1 other area of law. Paul received a B.B.A. degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1984, and has been licensed for 38 years. Paul practices at King & Spalding LLP in Austin, TX.
· Member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section
- Co-Chair, Securities Litigation Subcommittee
· Member, State Bars of Texas, California and New York
· Participant and Lecturer, Practicing Law Institute (PLI)
· Former Advisory Board Member, Securities Law 360 · Former Board Member, Ballet Austin Awards & Recognition · Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Securities Litigation, 2012 · Listed, "500 Leading Litigators in America," Lawdragon, 2006 · Listed, "3000 Leading Lawyers in America," Lawdragon.com, 2006, 2010-2011 · Listed, "100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation," Lawdragon, 2008 · Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Texas Super Lawyers, 2007-2011 · Listed, Super Lawyers - Corporate Counsel Edition, Securities Litigation, 2009-2010 · Rated, AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 Clerkship · Extern Law Clerk, Honorable Walter S. Smith Jr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 1987-1988 Articles, Publications, & Lectures Articles · Co-Author, "Reverse Mergers and the Rise of SEC Investigations and Shareholder Lawsuits Involving Chinese Companies Listed on U.S. Stock Exchanges," Bloomberg Law Reports, March 26, 2012 · Contributing Author, "Reverse Mergers and the Rise of SEC Investigations and Shareholder Lawsuits Involving Chinese Companies Listed on U.S. Stock Exchanges," Bloomberg Law, March 2012 · Co-Author, "Keeping Current: 2012 Outlook for Say-on-Pay Lawsuits," ABA Business Law Today, February 2012 · Author, "The Rise of SEC Investigations and Shareholder Lawsuits Involving Chinese Companies Listed on U.S. Stock Exchanges," Insights, 2011 · Author, "Twombly and Iqbal's Impact on Affirmative Defenses," Law360, May 20, 2011 · Author, "Wall Street Reform Bill Will Have Unique Impact on Small Companies," ACC Newsstand, September 2010 · Author, "Considering Going Dark?" Financial Executive, November 2006 · Author, "The Current Landscape of Securities Litigation," Association of Corporate Counsel Conference, October 2004 · Author, "External Consequences: Internal Investigation After Sarbanes-Oxley," NACD-Directors Monthly, March 2004 · Author, "Defending Securities Class Actions Involving Accounting Restatements," Securities & Commodities Regulation, January 2004 · Author, "Strategies for Minimizing Risk in Securities Litigation Storm," National Underwriter, November 2003 · Author, "Accounting Fraud: What it Looks Like and How to Avoid It," The Securities Reporter, Newsletter of the ABA Section of Business Law Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Vol. 8, Issue 2, Summer 2003 · Author, "Accounting Fraud in 2002: Lessons Learned," Securities Reform Act Litigation Reporter, Vol. 15, No. 1, April 2003 (and reprinted in the Practicing Law Institute's Securities Litigation & Enforcement Institute Materials, 2003) · Author, "The Current Landscape for Securities Litigation," Trying and Defending Securities Class Actions, American Conference Institute's Securities Class Action Conference Materials, June 2003 · Author, "Financial Restatement and Securities Fraud Liability - Do They Necessarily Go Hand in Hand?" Securities News, Fall 2001 · Author, "Securities Class Actions in State Courts: A Way Around the Federal Securities Litigation Reform Act," May 1998 · Author, "The New Face of State Court Securities Litigation," American Bar Association National Institute on Securities Litigation and Arbitration, 1998 · Author, "Two Years After the Securities Reform Act - Has the Landscape Changed?" January 1998 · Author, "Defending Securities Class Actions," American Law Institute and American Bar Association, Securities Litigation Program, 1997 Books · Co-Author, "Securities Litigation," Annual Review of Business and Corporate Litigation, ABA Publishing, 2012 · Chapter Author, "Securities Litigation and the Role of the SEC," Energy and Environmental Trading: U.S. Law and Taxation, Cameron May Ltd., 2008 Lectures · Speaker, "Securities Litigation and SEC Enforcement Trends," Texas Lawyer Corporate Counsel Summit, November 2010 · Panelist, "Securities Litigation and SEC Enforcement Trends," The Directors Roundtable, January 2010 · Panelist, "Conducting Corporate Investigations that Count," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 2008 · Panelist, "Challenges Facing Boards of Directors: Key Issues in SEC Disclosure & Enforcement," The Directors Roundtable & The National Leadership Institute, November 2007 · Speaker, "The Corporate Divorce: Cross-Shareholder Disputes," American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, September 29, 2006 · Speaker, "Securities Litigation & Enforcement Actions: What You Need to Know," Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting, October 25-27, 2004 · Presenter, "The Current Landscape of Securities Litigation," Association of Corporate Counsel Conference, October 2003 Panelist, "Trying and Defending Securities Class Actions," American Conference Institute, June 2003 · Speaker, "Securities Fraud and Shareholder Litigation in the Energy Industry," The Center for American and International Law, November 2002 · Speaker, "Defending Against a Securities Suit - A Litigator's Perspective," AON Conference to Directors, October 2002 · Panelist, "Navigating Through Changing Times as a Public Company," NIRI Conference, June 2002 · Panelist, "Securities Update 2002: Anticipating Disclosure Scrutiny," May 2002 · Panelist, "A Look at the Future of the Public Markets," FEI/NIRI Conference, April 2002 · Panelist, "Legal and Business Issues Facing the Early Stage Technology Company," Texas Institute of Continuing Legal Education Conference, April 2002 · Speaker, "Crisis Communications: Keeping Your Cool When the Boat Rocks," NIRI Austin Chapter, March 2001 Member: State Bar of Texas; State Bar of California; New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association (Co-Chair, Securities Litigation Subcommittee, Litigation Section).
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