Ms. Somer-Greif's representations include matters involving the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Dodd-Frank Act, the Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act and related SEC rules, NASDAQ, and public and private securities offerings and general securities law compliance.

She assists clients in all areas of federal and state securities and corporate law compliance, such as preparing all required SEC filings including registration statements, annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements, and stock ownership reports, no-action requests and confidential treatment requests, advising clients with respect to developments in applicable laws, regulations and best practices, and drafting and reviewing various corporate documents.

A writer and lecturer on securities law and compliance, Ms. Somer-Greif serves as chair of the Maryland State Bar Association's Committee on Securities Law.

Professional Honors & Activities

Professional Memberships

Member – American Bar Association
Past President – Financial Managers Society, Maryland Chapter
Member – Maryland State Bar Association
- Section of Business Law
  - Chair – Committee on Securities Law

Professional Background

Associate, Arnold & Porter, LLP
Attorney-Adviser, Securities and Exchange Commission

Publications

"SEC Adopts Inline XBRL for Tagged Financial Statement Data" (July 2018)
"SEC Amends Definition of 'Smaller Reporting Company'," reprinted in Corporate Compliance Insights (July 2018)
"SEC to Require Hyperlinks to Exhibits in Registration Statements and Exchange Act Reports," Small Business Securities Bulletin (April 2017)
Author – "Standard Confidentiality Provisions May Be Prohibited "Pretaliation" in Eyes of SEC" (November 2016) [Ober|Kaler]
Author – "505 Is Not Alive: SEC Adopts New and Amended Rules Governing Intrastate and Small Offerings" (November 2016) [Ober|Kaler]
Author – "SEC Adopts Long-Awaited Crowdfunding Rules" (November 2015) [Ober|Kaler]
Author – "SEC Proposes Rules Requiring Clawback of Incentive Compensation in Connection With Accounting Restatements" (July 2015) [Ober|Kaler]
Author – "SEC Proposed Pay-Versus-Performance Disclosure Rules" (May 2015) [Ober|Kaler]
Author – "Making the Grade - SEC Finalizes Revision to Regulation A Offering, Including New Tier 2 Offerings for up to $50 Million" (April 2015) [Ober|Kaler]
Author – "The Private Placements They Are A-Changin - General Solicitation, Bad Actor Prohibitions and Proposed Additional Changes to Rule 506 Private Offerings," Financial Regulation International, Informa Law (2013)

Speaking Engagements

Co-presenter – "Shut Up Shut UP SHUT UP! Dealing with Use of Social Media by Company Personnel," MSBA's Business Law Section's 2019 Business Law Institute (April 2019)
Co-presenter – "Illegal Insider Trading: Advising Clients on the Law and Dealing with Government Investigations," MSBA's Business Law Section's 2017 Business Law Institute (April 2017)
Presenter – "By Popular Demand: New Crowdfunding Rules and the Tantalizing Alternative of Regulation A+," Advanced Business Law Institute, Business Law Section, Maryland State Bar Association (2016)
Presenter – "Recent Major Securities Developments," Advanced Business Law Institute, Business Law Section, Maryland State Bar Association (2015)
Guest Lecturer – Securities Regulation Class, University of Baltimore School of Law (2013)
Presenter – "Legal and Regulatory Update," East Coast Regional Conference, Financial Managers Society (2013)
Presenter – "Hot Legal Topics," Independent Community Bank Conference, Rowles & Company, LLP (2013)
Presenter – "Practical Tips for Private Placements of Securities," Webinar, Securities Law Subcommittee, Business Law Section, Maryland State Bar Association (2012)

Practices

Industries

Financial Services

Education

American University, Washington College of Law, J.D., 1995, summa cum laude
- Phi Alpha Delta
- Note and Comment Editor – The American University Journal of International Law and Policy, 1991 – 1992
State University of New York at Binghamton, B.S., 1992, summa cum laude
- Alpha Mu Alpha, Honorary Marketing Society
- National Dean's List
- All-American Scholar