F. Reid Avett
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 1000
505 9th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004-2166
USA

Phone: +1 202 776 5212
Fax: +1 202 403 3061
Email: ravett@duanemorris.com

F. Reid Avett practices in the area of corporate law, counseling clients on corporate, securities and regulatory matters. He also provides advice to clients in a variety of industries on corporate governance, finance and general contract preparation and review.

Prior to entering the practice of law, Mr. Avett worked for four years as an accountant. He is a North Carolina Certified Public Accountant.

Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland, Mr. Avett is a 2005 graduate of Emory University School of Law and a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., Business Administration; M.S., Accounting).

Areas of Practice

• Corporate Law
• Securities Law

Representative Matters

• Represented the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the privatization of the Graduate School. Transaction involved the transfer of all of the assets and liabilities of the school to a nonprofit entity while maintaining the school's educational mission.

Professional Activities

• District of Columbia Bar Association
• Maryland Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• North Carolina Certified Public Accountant

Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Maryland

Education

• Emory University School of Law, J.D., 2005
  - Emory Law Advisory Board
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.Acc., 1998
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S., 1997

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Associate, 2008-present
• Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP
  - Associate, 2007-2008
• Washington Gas Light Company
  - Attorney, 2005-2007
• Marc Jacobs LLC
  - Senior Accountant, 2002
• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  - Senior Associate, 1998-2001

Selected Publications

• Co-author, "SEC Adopts Final Rules on Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program," Duane Morris Alert, June 8, 2011; republished in the Journal of Investment Compliance, Vol. 12 No. 3, 2011
• Co-author, "U.S. Financial Reform: The Regulation of Derivatives and Swap-Trading Provisions," Duane Morris Alert, August 24, 2010
• "Private Placement Finders: Choice of Registering Is Difficult Following Recent Decisions," Duane Morris Alert, June 11, 2008