Helane L. Morrison
Managing Director, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

Helane L. Morrison is the General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and a Managing Director of Hall Capital Partners LLC.

Ms. Morrison headed the San Francisco Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") from 1999 to 2007. In her capacity as Regional Director and earlier as District Administrator, Ms. Morrison was responsible for securities enforcement, litigation, and regulatory matters in Northern California and five Northwest States. From 1996 to 1999, Ms. Morrison was head of enforcement for the San Francisco SEC office. She represented the SEC in legal, business, and financial communities, as well as with other government agencies and news media.

Prior to joining the SEC, Ms. Morrison practiced law at the San Francisco law firm Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin from 1986 to 1996 where she was elevated to partner in 1991. Her practice focused on business litigation and defense of private securities actions and SEC matters. She also conducted internal corporate investigations. For several months in 1993, she tried cases for the Contra Costa County District Attorney's office. Before entering private practice, Ms. Morrison served as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun (1985-1986) and Hon. Richard A. Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Seventh Circuit (1984-1985).

Ms. Morrison was a Director of the Bar Association of San Francisco ("BASF") from 2001 to 2004 and a member of the BASF Judiciary Committee from 1999 to 2001. From 1998 to 2001, Ms. Morrison served as a Lawyer Representative (Northern District of California) to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, and was Co-Chair from 2000 to 2001. She was a member of the Northern District of California, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group from 1995-1996 and 1998-2000. Ms. Morrison served on the Board of Directors of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Alumni Association from 1994-1997, and was Secretary of the Board from 1996-1997. She was a member of the Federal Courts Committee of the California Bar Association from 1992-1995. She served on the Contra Costa County Human Relations Commission from 1991 to 1993.

Ms. Morrison received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where she was Editor-In-Chief of the California Law Review. She was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1987. Ms. Morrison received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University and worked as a newspaper reporter.