EAPD Corporate and Securities Partner Stanley Keller Named San Diego City Monitor

BOSTON and SAN DIEGO, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ — The San Diego City Council has selected Stanley Keller, a Corporate and Securities attorney and Partner with the 520-attorney national law firm of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, as City Monitor. Keller was unanimously approved by the Council at the recommendation of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders.

“Keller joins the City to help us with not one but two critical areas. The first is to help us comply with the SEC order. The second – and no less important – is to monitor our adoption and implementation of the remediation efforts called out in the Kroll report,” said Mayor Jerry Sanders. The Kroll report documented a pension deficit and two federal investigations.

A nationally recognized corporate and securities lawyer, Keller has advised clients ranging from emerging companies to industry leaders as well as governmental entities on disclosure requirements. In addition to his client work, Stan has had an active role in the development of corporate and securities laws through leadership positions in the American Bar Association (ABA) and other professional organizations. He served as Chair of the ABA Federal Regulation of Securities Committee during the height of the Sarbanes- Oxley era.

For over a decade, Keller has been included in the nationally recognized Best Lawyers in America for the categories of Corporate Law and Corporate Governance and Compliance Law. He is listed as a leading lawyer in his field by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and is listed among the world’s leading Corporate Governance and Capital Markets lawyers by U.C. Euromoney Legal Media Group.

Keller is a member of the ABA Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege and was a special adviser to the ABA Task Force on Corporate Responsibility and a special adviser and reporter to the ABA Task Force on SEC Attorney Conduct Rules. He Chairs the ABA Ad Hoc Committee on Audit Responses. Keller received his LLB, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, and his undergraduate degree from Columbia University. A resident of Needham, Massachusetts, Keller is admitted to practice in Massachusetts.

The national law firm of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP offers a full array of legal services to clients worldwide. EAPD’s mission is to create value by providing superior legal advice and business counsel that protects and advances the interests of its clients. Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has nine offices in Boston, Ft. Lauderdale, Hartford, New York, Providence, Short Hills (NJ), Stamford, Wilmington, West Palm Beach and a representative office in London. For more information, visit http://www.eapdlaw.com/.

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