Rees F Morgan

White collar defense and investigations, commercial litigation

Rees Morgan is a trial attorney with a practice focusing on white collar criminal defense; SEC and other regulatory enforcement actions; securities, shareholder and derivative litigation, including complex Board governance issues; and the trial of business disputes in federal and state courts. His clients include individuals, directors, and companies in a variety of industries, including technology, cryptocurrency, telecommunications, health care, venture capital, financial services, and government. He has tried to verdict multiple matters, including as first chair in five federal jury trial victories. Rees has litigated more than a dozen writs and appeals, and argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Prior to joining the firm, Rees served as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the Southern District of California, where he prosecuted cases involving fraud and identity theft, organized crime and racketeering, and narcotics and firearms trafficking conspiracies. While serving as a federal prosecutor, Rees tried to verdict and won eight federal felony cases and served as lead prosecutor in a fraud investigation involving over 200 victims in three states and millions of dollars in losses. He was specially designated as an Anti-Gang and Violent Crime AUSA tasked with developing and implementing gang eradication efforts on behalf of the office and served as co-lead AUSA in a federal RICO investigation resulting in the indictment of 38 members and associates of a criminal enterprise engaged in the sex trafficking of minors.

Rees is a member of the California State Bar, the American Bar Association, and the Bar Association of San Francisco. Rees has been appointed to the Northern District of California’s Criminal Justice Act Panel, a panel of attorneys serving indigent defendants charged with federal crimes, and was named by the City Council of Lafayette, California to Lafayette’s Crime Prevention Commission. He serves on the Pro Bono Advisory Board of Swords To Plowshares, an organization dedicated to assisting military veterans, and serves on the management committee of the Firm.