Kevin H. Metz is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham and Watkins. His practice focuses on corporate governance litigation and investigations, including securities litigation, white-collar criminal litigation, internal investigations and the defense of auditor professional liability claims. Mr. Metz has defended numerous companies and individuals in securities fraud, insider-trading and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice, and in shareholder class action and derivative litigation. He has represented Big Four auditors in investigations by the SEC and defended auditors at trial against the SEC Division of Enforcement and in other regulatory proceedings. In addition, he has been involved in several internal investigations on behalf of companies and their Audit Committees.
Mr. Metz joined the firm in November 2000 after serving as a clerk to the Honorable Michael S. Kanne, US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Prior to law school, he spent several years as a newspaper reporter for The Tampa Tribune, where he wrote about state politics and the governor's office.