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Mr. Cleveland is a partner at Carrington Coleman practicing in complex business litigation, particularly securities litigation and representation of directors and officers. He has represented senior corporate officers and directors in multi-track litigation with concurrent class action cases, derivative cases, and SEC and DOJ investigations. Mr. Cleveland has represented clients in a variety of securities suits involving allegedly fraudulent accounting or disclosures by public companies in the technology, computer services, manufacturing, and energy industries. He represented Ken Lay in the civil and criminal litigation following Enron's failure, and was a member of Mr. Lay's criminal trial team. Mr. Cleveland also has significant experience representing investment firms in disputes with investors. His business litigation experience includes suits over alleged breaches of fiduciary duty by directors and officers as well as litigation over commercial loan agreements, real estate, construction, and non-competition agreements. His practice includes trial and appellate work. Before entering law practice, Mr. Cleveland was a certified public accountant and conducted financial statement audits for a national accounting firm. Mr. Cleveland has been named by Texas Monthly magazine as a "Rising Star" for 2006 and 2007. He was admitted to practice in Texas in 1999. Speeches / Publications The Perils of Dismissing Enron as "Different," American Bar Association Section of Litigation, April 2007. | 