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Brooke D. Clarkson is a partner and SEC, PCAOB, and FINRA litigation attorney with ��������; Lardner LLP. Brooke’s practice focuses on representing public companies and their officers and directors, audit firms and their partners and other entities and individuals in investigations and proceedings involving the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and other government and non-government agencies and in private litigation. Brooke also has significant experience assisting boards of directors and their committees with internal investigations involving financial reporting and other conduct and counseling them on compliance with the federal securities laws and other applicable rules and regulations. Brooke is a member of the firm’s Securities Enforcement & Litigation and Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations Practices. She is also a member of the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) Team.

Brooke serves on the firm’s recruiting committee and is an active member in the firm’s pro bono efforts, representing individuals in Social Security Administration matters, including administrative law judge hearings, in connection with the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Clinic.

Prior to joining the firm, Brooke was a trial preparation assistant in the Frauds Bureau of the District Attorney’s Office of New York County, New York.