Hugh Makens has been involved in the securities industry for more than 35 years as an attorney, regulator and adviser. He was a director at the Michigan Corporation & Securities Bureau for the Michigan Department of Commerce (1972-1978) and a trial attorney with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (1966-1972). For more than 35 years he has represented broker-dealers, investment advisers, issuers, regulatory authorities and industry professionals regarding compliance with securities regulatory requirements, investigations and regulatory proceedings. He is the former chair of the firm's Broker-Dealer and Investment Adviser Law and Regulation Practice Group. He is an adjunct professor of securities law at Michigan State University College of Law and a member of the Lexis/Nexis Securities Board of Editors.