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Education

Southwestern College (A.S., Administration of Justice, 1997); San Diego State University (B.A., Social Science, magna cum laude, 1999); Dean’s List; Phi Beta Kappa; UCLA School of Law (J.D., 2002).

Admissions & Courts

California; U.S. District Court for the Central District of California; Ninth Circuit court of Appeals.

Memberships

State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Association of Business Trial Lawyers.

Attorney Biography

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Paul B. Foust
Associate

Securities Litigation
Los Angeles
Direct: +1 (213) 244-7919
Fax: +1 (213) 614-1868

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Paul B. Foust joined the firm in 2002 and is a member of the Securities Litigation Practice Group.

Experience

Mr. Foust practices complex business litigation with an emphasis on securities litigation. He represents investment banks, accounting firms and corporations in shareholder class actions and regulatory proceedings.

During law school, Mr. Foust worked as a law clerk in the Los Angeles county District Attorney's Office, Special Investigation Division. He also worked as a research assistant at the UCLA School of Law, where he assisted in drafting a textbook on negotiation strategy and performed significant research in economic theory and ethics. Prior to law school, Mr. Foust spent four years in the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) during the first Gulf War. 

Education

Southwestern College (A.S., Administration of Justice, 1997); San Diego State University (B.A., Social Science, magna cum laude, 1999); Dean’s List; Phi Beta Kappa; UCLA School of Law (J.D., 2002).

Admissions & Courts

California; U.S. District Court for the Central District of California; Ninth Circuit court of Appeals.

Memberships

State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Association of Business Trial Lawyers.

Representative Engagements

  • Represents the Audit Committee of a public company in an internal investigation relating to dating of stock option awards to company employees.
  • Represented an investment bank in litigation arising out of the collapse of Enron.
  • Represented a large accounting firm in challenging specific personal jurisdiction over the firm by California courts based on an audit of foreign subsidiaries of a U.S. corporation.
  • Represented a large accounting firm in U.S. action related to ongoing litigation in the British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong, where allegations were based on theory that the U.S. accounting firm, the BVI accounting firm, and the Hong Kong accounting firm, were all "one firm."
  • Represented an accountant in a "Wells submission" in connection with SEC enforcement proceedings.