Richard Marshall is a partner in the Investment Management and Securities Litigation groups of Ropes & Gray. Since entering private practice, Rick has conducted compliance reviews and provided compliance counseling for investment companies, investment advisers, hedge funds, and broker-dealers; represented individuals and regulated entities in inspections, investigations, and litigation against the Securities and Exchange Commission, self-regulatory organizations, state securities regulators, and U.S. Attorney's offices; created hedge funds; provided advice on the creation of new products for investment companies, investment advisers, hedge funds, and broker-dealers; and counseled investment companies, investment advisers, hedge funds, and broker-dealers on regulatory matters.

Before joining Ropes & Gray, Rick had been Senior Associate Regional Administrator in the New York office of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In that position, he supervised a staff of seventy that conducted inspections of investment companies and advisers in the New York region and oversaw enforcement matters related to those entities. Rick has also been a branch chief in the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C.