Kimberly S. Greer’s practice focuses on business and complex litigation with emphasis on securities litigation. Her experience includes defending companies and their officers and directors in shareholder class action, merger and derivative litigation in federal and state courts, as well as in investigations, administrative proceedings and lawsuits brought by the enforcement divisions of the SEC, the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), the stock exchanges and other regulatory agencies.

Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster LLP, Ms. Greer was a principal at Fish & Richardson P.C., where she was Assistant Managing Principal of the San Diego Office and a member of the White-Collar, Government and Securities Litigation group. She began her legal career as an associate at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.

• Representation of public company in connection with stock option internal investigation and related shareholder litigation and SEC inquiry.
• Representation of Level 3 Communications/Insight Enterprises, Inc. subsidiary in connection with shareholder claims arising from Peregrine Systems securities fraud allegations.
• Representation of public company in connection with internal investigation relating to acquisition of assets of another company.
• Representation of two San Diego City Councilmembers in SEC investigation related to municipal bond offering disclosures.
• Representation of individual entrepreneur in California state court action for breach of contract and business torts.
• Representation of public company in connection with stock option internal investigation.
• Representation of The Sands Regent in connection with merger litigation pending in Nevada state court, following merger with Herbst Gaming.
• Representation of Infineon Technologies AG and its officers in federal securities class action pending in the Northern District of California.
• Representation of Kintera, Inc. and its directors and officers in shareholder derivative lawsuit in San Diego County Superior Court. Following successful demurrers on behalf of the company and the individuals, plaintiff dismissed the case.
• Representation of Calpine Corporation in federal securities class action pending in the Northern District of California.
• Representation of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. in connection with investigation by SEC’s Pacific Regional Office arising from $250 million accounting restatement, which was resolved without any fraud-based sanctions.
• Representation of public accounting firm and its professionals in multiple SEC investigations.
• Representation of multiple entities and individuals in connection with SEC insider trading investigations.
• Representation of Raceway Properties, LLC in Ninth Circuit appeal.
• Representation of DepoTech Corporation and its former officers and directors in federal securities class action pending in the Southern District of California. Defendants’ motion to dismiss the second amended complaint was granted with prejudice, and the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s ruling.
• Representation of Brooktree Corporation and certain former officers and directors in federal securities class action, first in California state court, where it was dismissed at the pleadings stage upon defendants’ demurrer, and then in the Southern District of California, where it was dismissed with prejudice.
• Representation of Special Litigation Committee of U.S. Microbics Board of Directors in its investigation of a shareholder derivative litigation filed in California state court.
• Representation of Straumann Holding AG in patent infringement and trade dress actions.