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seCProPosesaDDitionaLaCCreDiteDinvestorCategories Securities Section Continuedfrompage46 a loss of their entire investment principal. Additionally, the SEC’s first proposed category must be drafted in a way that will provide issuers with certainty as to who qualifies as an accredited investor. If the SEC implements its proposal, then investors who have a background and understanding of securities and investing — in addition to lottery winners — will have additional ways to invest in exempt offerings. n This article reflects the personal views of the author and does not reflect the opinion of any entity to which he is or has been affiliated. 1-billion-jackpot-here-are-mark-cuban- s-tips-for-lottery-winners/. 2 Release Nos. 33-10734 and 34- 87784, at 16 (proposed Dec. 18, 2019) available at https://www.sec.gov/rules/ proposed/2019/ 33-10734.pdf. 3 Id at 13. 4 Id at 21−22. 5 Id at 23. 6 Id. at 41. Jeff Mosier, Think You’ll Win Mega Millions’ $1 Billion Jackpot? Here are Mark Cuban’s Tips for Lottery Winners, The Dallas Morning News, Oct. 19, 2018, available at https:// www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/ 10/19/think-you-ll-win-mega-millions- 1 Author: John P. Noonan, Esq. WELCOME NEW HCBA MEMBERS DECEMBER 2019/JANUARY 2020 Bansari Amin Sarah M. Anderson Emily C. Ayvazian Robert Barton Townsend Joseph Belt Kelly Aaron Blum Emmanuel L. Bonilla Andrew Bowen Calli Burnett Timothy Byrnes Eric Choi Aaron Clarke Kling Amanda Ellen Ballard Clay Charlie Dustin Connally Beaujeaux de Lapouyade Daniel G. Drake Kelsey Anne Early Shannon Ellison Yvette D. Everhart Nicholas Michael Fronte Catherine Fuentes Garcia Craig Gestring MAR - APR 2020 | HCBA LAWYER Paul Ryan Godfrey Guillermo E. Gomez Hunter Hall Shannon L. Hern Alicia Hill Dalton Howard Dowlin Howell Macgregor Hudson Piper A. Hurley Patric London Jones Stephen Koch Jordan Elizabeth Koziol Vico Lawson Tama Lexine Butch Mathenia Max McKinley Daniel McKnight Jeanneth Miranda Larry Morgan Jessica Lynn Muller Patrick John Murphy Florise R. Neville-Ewell Jennifer Opiola Katarina A. O’Reilly Brian Palacios April M. Persons Yaritssa Plasencia Michael J. Reed Kenneth Reynolds Sarah Beth Roberge Anthony V. Robinson Tia Tawn Rowe Mitchell Schermer Susan Sexton Katherine Elizabeth Shepard Rick Silverman Kayli D. Smendec Zachery Isaac Sobel Kristin L. Tormey Christopher Ronald White John Wesley Wilcox London Worthy Devin Young Kaitlin Hilary Yutzy 47