LOS ANGELES – Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its Securities Litigation Practice with the addition of Helen B. Kim as a Los Angeles-based partner. Prior to joining Katten, Ms. Kim was a partner with Baker & Hostetler LLP.

Ms. Kim represents public and private companies, their directors, officers and principal shareholders in a wide range of complex commercial and securities litigation, including the defense of class actions, derivative suits and regulatory investigations.

Ms. Kim serves as co-editor of the ABA Litigation Section's Securities Litigation Journal and has participated in numerous panel presentations sponsored by the American Bar Association, ALI-ABA and other organizations. She is currently President of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and also serves as Vice President of Administration for the Korean American Coalition-Los Angeles, a not-for-profit community advocacy organization. In addition, Ms. Kim serves as Second Vice President of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.

Ms. Kim earned her A.B. from Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges and her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was a Note Editor of the Yale Law Journal.

Katten’s Securities Litigation Practice is nationally recognized for its record of success in defending clients in shareholder securities class actions, corporate governance cases, internal investigations, regulatory enforcement proceedings, and Department of Justice prosecutions. Its attorneys have obtained early dismissals of cases around the country and work aggressively to narrow the plaintiff's allegations, limit costly discovery and tailor the defense to the precise needs of the case and the client. Katten represents corporations, financial institutions, entrepreneurial enterprises, investment advisory firms, individual officers and directors and broker-dealers in federal, state and administrative forums throughout the country. Among its experienced securities litigators are former Assistant United States Attorneys, former SEC Enforcement Attorneys, and former Department of Justice Associate Attorneys General.