Steven R. Barth practices in the areas of public corporation securities laws and reporting compliance and corporate governance.  He is a senior partner with the firm, a former member of the firm’s management committee, and the former long-time chair of the firm’s national Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets, and Private Equity Transactions Practice. 
Steve has represented issuers or underwriters in securities offerings raising over US$26 billion. He represents or has represented numerous publicly traded companies, including:

Atmus Filtration Technologies, Inc (NYSE: ATMU) 
Bucyrus International Inc. (NASDAQ: BUCY) 
Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) 
EMC Insurance Group Inc. (NASDAQ: EMCI) 
First Business Financial Services Inc. (NASDAQ: FBIZ) 
Fresh Brands Inc. (NASDAQ: FRSH) 
Hein-Werner Inc. (AMEX: HWI) 
The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS) 
MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE: MTG) 
Northland Cranberries Inc. (NASDAQ: CRBY) 
Orion Energy Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: OESX) 
Perma-Pipe International Holdings (NASDAQ: PPIH) 
Perry Ellis International (NASDAQ: PERY) 
Purple Innovations, Inc (NASDAQ: PRPL) 
Rockwell Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: RMTI) 
Superior Services Inc. (NYSE: SUPR) 

Thought Leadership:
Steve is a frequent speaker on SEC compliance, and corporate governance matters. In 2003, Steve authored the book, Corporate Ethics – The Business Code of Conduct for Ethical Employees.

National Directors Institute Founder:
Steve founded the firm’s annual National Directors Institute in 2002 in the wake of corporate governance failures at Enron, Worldcom, and others. NDI has been focused on providing practical peer-to-peer advice on cutting-edge corporate governance issues facing boards of directors of public, private, and nonprofit companies.