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Bryan M. Connor

Associate / Boston

Overview

Bryan M. Connor is an associate in Nutter’s Litigation Department and a member of Nutter’s Regulatory practice. Bryan concentrates his practice on government and internal investigations and regulatory matters, with an emphasis on securities litigation and enforcement. Bryan regularly represents clients before the DOJ, SEC, state attorneys general, and the Massachusetts Securities Division. An experienced trial lawyer and former prosecutor, Bryan also represents clients in complex commercial and employment litigation in state and federal court.

Bryan has considerable experience representing broker-dealers, investment advisers, and registered representatives in all phases of investigations conducted by the SEC, state securities regulators, and FINRA. Bryan also represents clients in FINRA arbitration proceedings.

Bryan also regularly works with clients to conduct internal investigations to uncover potential wrongdoing, make independent findings, head off litigation or regulatory inquiries, or remediate malfeasance. He frequently conducts investigations into allegations of executive criminal conduct, whistleblower allegations, improper use of company resources, and workplace harassment. Bryan has worked closely with a Fortune 25 conglomerate, several large public companies, boards of directors, special litigation committees, and audit committees on high-stakes, complex investigations. He also has experience counseling clients on consumer protection investigations by the FTC. Bryan combines his years of experience as a prosecutor and defense-side litigator to craft creative investigatory strategies for his clients.  

Bryan maintains an active pro bono practice with an emphasis on representing immigrants in asylum proceedings. Bryan is active in white collar and securities enforcement groups at the Boston Bar Association and American Bar Association.

Prior to joining Nutter, Bryan was a senior associate at an AmLaw 10 law firm. Before that, he was an assistant district attorney in Manhattan, where he tried numerous jury trials to verdict. Before attending law school, Bryan worked in the Boston Red Sox front office.

Bryan served on the board of editors of the Suffolk University Law Review during law school.

Representative engagements include:

Public Companies & Executives

  • Defending CEO of publicly traded company in shareholder class action relating to earnings calls disclosures
  • Defending board member of company in bankruptcy adversary proceedings
  • Conducting internal investigation of alleged misuse of company resources by former CEO of Fortune 100 company on behalf of special litigation committee
  • Conducting internal investigation of alleged customer harassment campaign by employees and executives of Fortune 500 e-commerce company on behalf of board of directors
  • Representing public company in pursuit of fiduciary duty claims against former CEO

Asset Managers, Broker-Dealers, and Financial Services

  • Defending national broker-dealer in multi-week FINRA arbitration that resulted in favorable settlement without collateral consequences
  • Defending national broker-dealer in first enforcement action involving Massachusetts’s state-level fiduciary duty rule
  • Defending advisory firm in Massachusetts Securities Division registration investigation
  • Defending compliance executive in Massachusetts Securities Division registration investigation
  • Defending financial advisor in Massachusetts Securities Division asset inheritance investigation

Insider Trading and Investors

  • Defending doctor in SEC insider trading investigation relating to trades before disclosure of clinical trial results
  • Defending investor in DOJ insider trading investigation involving over alleged wide-reaching insider trading conspiracy
  • Defending investor in post-judgment proceedings relating to SEC allegations investor operated as an unregistered dealer
  • Defending investors in SEC investigation involving allegations investor operated as an unregistered dealer

Complex Commercial & Employment Litigation

  • Defending real estate development company and its executives in complex state court dispute with former employee over ownership of over a dozen entities, breaches of fiduciary duty, theft of trade secrets, and other claims
  • Defending AmLaw 100 law firm in professional liability proceedings in federal court
  • Defending community foundation in ownership dispute

News & Insights

Honors

Honors

  • The Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch”, 2022-2024

Education & Admissions

Education

Suffolk University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude
Boston College, B.A.

Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Industry Expertise

Prior to joining Nutter, Bryan was an assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office, where he tried numerous jury trials to verdict.

Noteworthy

  • The Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch”, 2022-2024
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