Bar/Professional Activity:

• Currently serves as one of two investor advocates on the Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC") Mondernization Task Force.  Also currently serving as a member of the FINRA Discovery Task Force

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Limited Fund Class Action Settlement Real Or Imagined: The Billitteri Case Study, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2011); Discovery of Regulatory Documents: Debunking the Myth of the "SEC" Privilege in Securities Arbitration, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2010); The Prospectus Defense: Defeating It As A Matter Of Fact and Law, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2009); Wall Street Does It Again: The Auction Rate Securities Fraud, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2008); Trying Asset/Mortgage Backed Securities Cases: A Practical Guide, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2007); A Practical Guide To The New NASD Code of Arbitration Procedure For Customer Disputes, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (2006), also Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2006); Third Party Money Managers: Brokerage Firms' Duty to Monitor and Resulting Liability, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (2005); I Didn't Say That, Oh Yes You Did: The Use of Court Reporters in Securities Arbitration, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2005); From Wall Street to Main Street: A Guide To Litigation Over Hedge Funds Sold by Brokerage Firms to Retail Investors, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2005); Confidentiality and Compliance Manuals: The Fight for Unfettered Access, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (2005), also Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2004); Due Diligence or Don't: Pre-Filing Considerations and Claim Drafting, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2003); Comments on The Claimant's Bar On Proposed Changes In The Expungement Process, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (2002); Arbitration: Can It Be Waived? Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (2002); 2001: An Update On Best Execution and Suitability Standards For Online Trading, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2001); After the Correction: Are Your Losses Recoverable? American Pathology Foundation (2001); Selective Recission and the Offset Defense in Securities Cases: A Survey of the Law, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2000); Motion Practice in Securities Arbitration: A Claimant's Point of View, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (1999); Why Shouldn't Clearing Firms be Liable, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (1998); Clearing Firm Liability: A Forward Looking Analysis, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (1998); Liability of Control Persons at Second Tier Firms, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (1997); Control Person Liability in the Securities Industry: A Legal Overview and Practical Applications, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (1997); Recognizing and Guarding Against Fiduciary Abuse, National Guardianship Association National Convention (1996); Stockbrokerage Firm Liability: A Pre-Litigation Analysis, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles "Advocate" (1996), reprinted in the Arizona Trial Lawyer Association "Advocate" (January 1997); The Brave New World of Banks Selling Securities: Offline and Online, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (1996); Recognizing and Evaluating Stockbroker Liability, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Convention (1995); Take it or Leave it: Case Evaluation and Retention, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (1995); Broker Abuse: Recovering for your Client Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Advocate (1993)