Jason R. Outlaw

• Representing a Fortune 500 company in a non-public SEC investigation regarding investments in a technology start-up.
• Representing a Fortune 1000 company in a non-public SEC investigation regarding the impact of certain accounting adjustments on reported earnings per share.
• Representing a company based in the United Kingdom in a non-public SEC investigation related to activities in the cryptocurrency market.
• Representing a power generation company in a non-public SEC investigation related to accounting charges and related matters under percentage-of-completion accounting.
• Representing a power generation company in a shareholder derivative and class action lawsuit pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
• Representing former independent directors of for-profit college in receivership proceedings pending in the Middle District of Georgia.
• Represented a Fortune 500 company in a non-public SEC whistleblower investigation.
• Conducted an internal investigation of an insider’s trading activity.
• Conducted an internal investigation of a public company related to earnings management practices.
• Represented a financial services company, a health care company, a power generation company, and consumer products companies, as well as their directors and officers, in securities class actions and shareholder derivatives actions.
• Represented directors and officers, including consumer product companies, in M&A litigation matters.
• Represented private companies and high-wealth individuals in various critical business disputes.

Jason Outlaw is a senior associate in the firm's Securities Litigation Group. He focuses his practice primarily on SEC investigations, securities fraud actions, shareholder derivative suits, corporate investigations, and other complex commercial litigation.

Jason received his J.D. in 2012 from the Georgetown University. In law school, Jason was a member of Barristers’ Council (Appellate Advocacy Division). He and his teammate successfully competed in the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition, where they won the regional championship as well as earned awards for Best Brief at both regionals and nationals. Jason received his B.A. in his hometown of Starkville, MS from Mississippi State University.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Georgetown University (J.D., 2012)
• Mississippi State University (B.A., 2005)