About
Kevin K. Hull is an skilled securities attorney with a multifaceted historical past within the securities enterprise, regulation, and law. He has been serving clients seeing that 1988, bringing a wealth of understanding and information to his exercise.
Kevin K. Hull is a seasoned securities lawyer based totally in Irvine, California. With over three many years of enjoy inside the enterprise, he has held various positions that have shaped his understanding in securities regulation. Prior to his modern-day function in personal exercise, Mr. Hull served because the CEO of Grubb & Ellis Securities, Inc. for nearly six years. In this capability, he oversaw all factors of the organization, which include compliance, accounting, country wide money owed, and sales control.
During his tenure at Grubb & Ellis Securities, Mr. Hull efficaciously controlled the organization's operations to align with regulatory expectancies at the same time as attaining huge income totaling approximately $three.four billion across multiple product lines. His strategic leadership and in-depth know-how of the enterprise were instrumental inside the firm's success during his time as CEO.
Before his govt position at Grubb & Ellis Securities, Mr. Hull became related to outstanding law places of work such as Dechert LLP and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart. His felony exercise centered on presenting offerings to funding advisers and dealer-dealers in numerous regions, inclusive of compliance, registration, disclosure, client proceedings, investigations, law, enforcement, marketing, and product operations.
Mr. Hull's career within the securities enterprise started in 1988 as an associate compliance examiner for FINRA Los Angeles. He later served because the COO and CFO of an independent broking-supplier for six years. Additionally, at some point of his time in regulation faculty in Washington, D.C., Mr. Hull gained treasured experience running within the FINRA Enforcement Department and the Divisions of Enforcement and Investment Management on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Mr. Hull holds multiple securities designations, along with the Series 7, 24, 27, 53, 4, 63, and sixty five. He is an lively member of the SIFMA Compliance and Legal Division and the National Society of Compliance Professionals. Mr. Hull is a graduate of The Catholic University of America, where he earned his J.D. cum laude in 1999, and Cal State Fullerton, where he acquired his B.A. in finance in 1988. He is certified to practice law in California, New York, and Massachusetts.
Legal Issues
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Securities Law
- Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
- Broker-Dealer Law
- Investment Adviser Law
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Experience
- Solo Practitioner
Broker-Dealer Law Group
2014 - Partner
Hull Evans & Kob LLP
2010 - CEO and President
Grubb & Ellis Securities, Inc.
2005 - Associate
Dechert LLP
2001 - Associate
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
1999 - Law Clerk
Wilmer Cutler & Pickering
1998 - Law Clerk
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
1998 - Legal Intern
FINRA / NASD Regulation (Enforcement)
1997 - Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Vanguard Capital (broker-dealer)
1990 - Associate Compliance Examiner
National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) (n/k/a FINRA)
1988
Education

Graduation year: 1996

Graduation year: 1984
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2000 - Current