Looking toward the future, Mr. Babits is running for the Republican nomination to represent Florida's 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2024.
VERO BEACH, FL, October 08, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Joseph P. Babits, MBA, JD, U.S. securities counsel and associate counsel for Shell USA Inc., was selected by Marquis Who's Who for a prominent feature in the Orlando, Florida, regional edition of Forbes.
Accruing more than 30 years of diligent experience in law practice, Joseph P. Babits currently serves Shell USA Inc. as lead U.S. securities counsel and associate counsel, having initially joined Shell USA Inc. in 2005. Well-versed in national securities law – including all 34 act reports, public offerings and investigations – he represents Shell plc in interactions with government entities and ensures compliance with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations. In fact, he was presented with the Capital Markets Award by the SEC.
Mr. Babits has also been a faculty member of the Practicing Law Institute's seminar on global capital and U.S. securities law since 2021. Earlier in his career, he served the SEC in Washington, D.C., as an attorney advisor and special counsel in the Division of Corporate Finance between 1991 and 1997. Following this tenure, he spent one year as an associate with Morgan Lewis & Bockius in their securities group, then returned to the SEC as special counsel in the Office of Chief Counsel. From 1999 to 2002, he was counsel to Commissioner Isaac C. Hunt, then subsequently served again with the Division of Corporate Finance of the SEC beginning in 2002, where he helped to negotiate the corporate governance rules of the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Notably, Mr. Babits was the principal drafter of the SEC's non-GAAP rules.
Looking toward the future, Mr. Babits is running for the Republican nomination to represent Florida's 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2024. His key issues are securing the border, implementing term limits in Congress, and preventing coercion by federal agencies. Additionally, he would like to see federal agencies moved out of Washington to low-cost states. In accounting for his success, he credits the support of his family, his faith in God and his knowledge of accounting, which helped propel his career forward.
Equipped with an advanced education, Mr. Babits first earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics and a Master of Business Administration in finance and investments in 1985 and 1988, respectively, both from The George Washington University. Shortly thereafter, he received a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University in 1991, where he was on law review.
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