Nicki Locker specializes in securities litigation. She has represented companies and their officers and directors in more than 75 shareholder class actions and derivative suits throughout the United States.

Nicki also has extensive experience in corporate internal investigations and SEC investigations and enforcement proceedings. She has advised numerous boards and special committees in internal investigations regarding accounting improprieties, FCPA violations, stock option backdating, insider trading, off-label marketing, and embezzlement. Nicki has represented over 20 companies in government investigations and has served as personal counsel to dozens of executives and directors in SEC matters.

In 2003, Stanford Lawyer featured Nicki in its cover article "Do the Right Thing," which discusses how securities litigation has changed in recent years and how Nicki is helping clients implement systems to detect fraud and improve corporate governance practices.

After graduating from Stanford Law School in 1984, Nicki clerked for the Honorable Anthony Kennedy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Nicki has been at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati since 1985. She is a member of the firm's Policy Committee and has chaired the Nominating Committee.