ATTORNEY PROFILE

MATTHEW J. NEGRIN - mnegrin@pumilia.com

Matthew J. Negrin is an associate attorney with Pumilia Patel & Adamec LLP practicing in the firm’s corporate and business transactional practice and litigation practice.  Mr. Negrin represents business clients in matters such as the incorporation and organization of business entities, securities issues, mergers and acquisitions, financing, preparation and review of business contracts, and day-to-day counseling on a variety of legal matters that affect businesses.  Mr. Negrin also represents clients before the State Courts of California and other jurisdictions.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Negrin represented business clients in corporate matters such as the purchase and sale of assets; mergers and acquisitions, including a reverse merger into a public shell; capital-raising transactions; the formation of business entities, including corporations and limited liability companies; the preparation and review of business contracts, including employment agreements, consulting agreements, and licensing agreements; and general corporate management.

In addition, Mr. Negrin worked at a boutique securities defense firm representing large broker-dealers and brokers before the NASD, the SEC, the Federal and State Courts of California, and the State Courts of Florida in connection with customer disputes and regulatory actions.  Mr. Negrin secured a $16 million judgment on behalf of a client at an NASD arbitration hearing.

Prior to practicing law, Mr. Negrin was a certified public account with the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche.  Mr. Negrin worked in the Fraud and Forensic Accounting Group providing expertise to attorneys and corporations involving forensic accounting, financial fraud, corporate investigations, and damage computations, and in the Audit Department.

Mr. Negrin is a member of the State Bars of California and Florida.  Mr. Negrin graduated from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University and from Loyola Law School, where he served as Technical Editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review.