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Dean Longfield Joins Snell & Wilmer San Diego Office as Counsel

Aug 17, 2026

SAN DIEGO – Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Dean Longfield has joined the San Diego office as counsel in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group.

Longfield advises public and private companies on a broad range of transactional, securities, and corporate matters. His practice includes Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting, corporate governance, stock exchange listing compliance, mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, and general corporate matters.

His experience includes representing companies in initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on offerings, and other public securities offerings, including Private Investments in Public Equity (PIPEs), at-the-market offerings (ATMs), and registered offerings of common stock, warrants, and debt. Prior to joining Snell & Wilmer, he served as in-house counsel at General Atomics, where he drafted and negotiated commercial agreements and provided legal support for mergers and acquisitions. He previously represented public and private companies in capital markets transactions, SEC reporting, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate matters at a national law firm.

Longfield earned his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. He also holds an M.A. in New Testament and Early Christian Literature from Yale University Divinity School and a B.A., cum laude, in History from the University of California, Los Angeles.

About Snell & Wilmer

Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 500 attorneys practicing in 17 locations throughout the United States and in Mexico, including Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Los Angeles, Orange County, Palo Alto and San Diego, California; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas and Reno-Tahoe, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit swlaw.com.

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