Mr. Wilke specializes in SEC Regulations, business planning and formation, financing, development, operation and litigation; corporations, sophisticated partnerships, LLC's and joint ventures, preparing private placement securities and public offerings, raising venture capital, or obtaining conventional or offshore financing. He serves as In-house corporate, LLC and partnership counsel for various business entities, including a NASD broker/dealer and has a general civil practice with a business emphasis, focusing on corporate, entertainment and securities law. He often advises people buying and selling property and businesses, including mergers, reorganizations and acquisitions. He has prepared Securities Exchange Act of 1934 reporting documents and have utilized the SEC's regulation S-B and advised clients on Small Corporate Offering Registrations (SCOR), "Reg A" and Blue Sky representation.
Mr. Wilke has represented business entities and individuals in business-related arbitration and litigation through the state court appellate level, emphasizing breach-of-contract and civil fraud issues. He has also appeared in federal district courts and have been counsel in "complex" litigation cases.
Mr. Wilke is a member of the California and Washington State Bar Associations, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He graduated from UCLA in 1971 with a degree in Political Science and obtained his JD from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington in 1976.