Gibbons P.C. is pleased to announce that John R. Hewitt has joined the firm as a Director in the Business & Commercial Litigation Department in the firm’s New York office.
Most recently, Mr. Hewitt was a partner at McCarter & English LLP, where his practice focused on representing major investment banks and wire houses in SEC and FINRA enforcement investigations, as well as civil, criminal, and administrative enforcement actions involving violations of federal securities laws. Mr. Hewitt has also advised and counseled these firms on equity trading, fixed-income trading, electronic technology, net capital, margin, insider trading, and registration issues. Mr. Hewitt is the editor and author of Securities Practice & Electronic Technology, a treatise that addresses every facet of the use and regulation of electronic technology in the securities markets. Previously, Mr. Hewitt was Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Lehman Brothers and Senior Counsel at the SEC’s Division of Enforcement.
“Jack’s practice complements and enhances the already strong work of our Business & Commercial Litigation Department and our active practice in New York, where we represent numerous financial industry firms,” says Patrick C. Dunican Jr., Chairman and Managing Director of Gibbons.
Mr. Hewitt earned his J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, his LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center, and his B.A. from John Carroll University. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut, Ohio, and the District of Columbia.
