Paul J. Roshka Jr.

Paul Roshka has extensive experience with the prosecution and defense of claims alleging violations of federal and state securities laws. He practices regularly before the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Arizona Corporation Commission, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Paul received his undergraduate degree from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia and his law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He began his career as a prosecutor with the Office of the Chief State's Attorney in Connecticut before moving to Arizona in 1977. He spent the next seven years with the Securities Division of the Arizona Corporation Commission and served as the agency's Assistant Director for three years before entering private practice.

In addition to having a securities litigation, arbitration, mediation and enforcement practice, Paul conducts internal corporate investigations and practices before a number of state agencies regulating banking, mortgage bankers and brokers, real estate, insurance and accounting.

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Paul has been the chair and a panelist at a number of State and County Bar programs regarding securities litigation and administrative agency investigations and enforcement proceedings including Navigating the Credit Crisis: What Every Litigator and Corporate Counsel Needs to Know About Representing Clients in an Uncertain World (State Bar), Best Practices in Securities Arbitrations and Enforcement Priorities at the Securities and Exchange Commission (State Bar), The Mechanics and Pitfalls of Representing Businesses and Individuals Before Administrative Agencies (State Bar), Conducting Internal Investigations: How to Identify and Prevent Corporate Liability (State Bar), Civil RICO (Maricopa County Bar Association), Securities: Dealing With The Regulators-SEC, NASD and the State (State Bar), Securities Regulation: Anatomy of a State Enforcement Action (State Bar), Securities Fraud: Protecting the Rights of the Victim, Defending the Rights of the Accused (Maricopa County Bar Association), Recent Developments in Securities Litigation, Arbitration and Enforcement (State Bar), Mediation Seminar (joint State Bar and NASD Regulation, Inc.), The Bulls, the Bears and the Sidewinders (State Bar), and Administrative & Criminal Prosecution of Securities Fraud Cases (Maricopa County Bar Association).

He was a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University for a decade teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on white collar crime, organized crime and corporate crime.