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Derek C. Anderson is the managing partner of the Michaels, Ward & Rabinovitz, LLP, Boulder, Colorado office. Mr. Andersons practice is concentrated in the areas of securities fraud litigation and regulation, and complex commercial and business litigation. He represents a wide variety of individuals and financial services clients, including national and regional broker-dealers, banks, registered investment advisors, pension advisory firms, and their employees in regulatory and litigation matters throughout the United States. His practice is devoted not just to the arbitration (and mediation) of securities fraud cases, but also the litigation of those matters in state and federal court. Mr. Anderson recently successfully represented a broker-dealer client before the United States Supreme Court, after having handled the case since its inception as a customer arbitration, and through several subsequent federal court challenges and appeals.

Mr. Anderson also represents clients in complex commercial and business litigation, real estate litigation, employment disputes, trust litigation, and general commercial disputes. Mr. Anderson has represented corporate and individual clients in cases involving derivative actions, partnership dissolution, shareholder disputes, claims of breach of fiduciary duty, claims of misappropriation of trade secrets, violations of confidentiality agreements, violations of non-competition agreements, claims of fraud, conversion, breach of contract, and business torts. Mr. Anderson has also defended corporate clients in employment cases involving claims for wrongful discharge, Title VII and ADA discrimination, and unpaid wages, and in cases involving claims of product liability and breach of warranty.

Mr. Anderson began his legal career as a Deputy District Attorney in Portland Oregon before entering private practice. Mr. Anderson received his B.A. from Duke University (1991) and his J.D. from Washington University School of Law (1994). Mr. Anderson is a member of the Colorado, Florida and Massachusetts bars and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

Mr. Anderson is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell, which is the highest possible rating, reflecting both legal ability and professional ethics. This rating is a reflection of Mr. Anderson’s experience, knowledge, and commitment to his clients.

Mr. Anderson is widely published in his field. For a representative list of some of his publications click here.

To speak with Mr. Anderson contact securities attorneys, Michaels, Ward & Rabinovitz, LLP.