DLA Piper announced that George G. Demos has joined the firm's Litigation practice as a partner in Northern California based in the Sacramento office.

Demos joins from AKT Investments, Northern California's largest land development company, where he was a principal and assisted in overseeing legal affairs and the management of the company. He previously served as senior counsel in the Enforcement Division of the US Securities and Exchange Commission's New York Regional Office, where he led many high-profile and complex corporate fraud investigations. During his tenure at the SEC, he was also detailed to the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

""George's background and his broad experience will strengthen our disputes platform in the region and nationally,"" said James Brogan, global and US co-chair of DLA Piper's Litigation practice. ""He is well-known and respected in the business and political communities on both coasts, and his counsel will be highly beneficial to clients.""

""George is a welcome addition to our Northern California team, where we are focused on expanding our roster of lawyers across a number of practice groups in order to better serve the needs of our clients doing business in this region,"" said Sang Kim, the firm's regional managing partner in Northern California. ""We are thrilled that he has joined the firm.""

Demos is an adjunct law professor at the University of California at Davis Law School, where he teaches courses in Corporate & White Collar Crime, Securities Enforcement, and the Constitutional Law of Presidential Power. He received his J.D. from Fordham Law School and his B.A. from Columbia University. He is admitted to practice law in New York and California.