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Sep. 12, 2012

John W. Keker

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Keker & Van Nest LLP San Francisco Litigation Specialties: white-collar, complex commercial and intellectual property, antitrust, securities



Keker's challenge: trying to convince a jury possibly soured on banks to remain open-minded about his client, who had worked for one.


Brian Stoker, who had worked on the structuring desk at Citigroup, was charged with securities fraud in connection with the bank's 2007 marketing of a $1 billion collateralized debt obligation backed by assets tied to the housing market.


The Securities and Exchange Commission contended Stoker was negli...

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