Many lawyers learn SEC reporting through on-the-job training that often is piecemeal at best. Nashville partner Gary M. Brown will explain how to develop a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the structure, organization, and details of the reporting requirements of the U.S. federal securities laws during an online Practising Law Institute seminar Sept. 16-17. Brown has taught the seminar annually since 2005.

In more than 30 years of practice, Brown has advised a wide variety of public companies in the areas of corporate governance, securities compliance, and mergers and acquisition. From his office in Nashville, he has been at the center of significant national transactions and events, including U.S Senate investigations into the 2002 collapse of Enron Corp. and the role of investment banks in the 2008 financial crisis as well as the resulting legislation – the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.