Attorney Profile

Robert S. Banks, Jr.

Robert Banks, Jr.

Banks Law Office PC
209 Southwest Oak, Suite 400
Portland, OR 97204
Contact Contact Robert S. Banks, Jr.
T: 503-222-7475
F: 503-467-7689

Visit: www.bankslawoffice.com
Practice areas: Securities Litigation (50%), Alternative Dispute Resolution (50%)

Profile

Robert S. Banks, Jr., represents investors to recover money that has been lost though fraud and negligence. Banks brings cases against stockbrokers, financial advisors, hedge funds, lawyers, accountants, and others who participate in unlawful securities offerings and provide bad financial advice. Banks has served as an advisor to FINRA, is a Past President of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, and has held other bar leadership positions. He has written and spoken extensively on investor rights throughout the nation, and is nationally recognized for his insight and case results for clients in the field of securities arbitration. Please see his resume on his Web site, or call or e-mail for more information and a free initial evaluation.

Selected to:

Oregon Super Lawyers 2009
Oregon Super Lawyers 2008
Oregon Super Lawyers 2007
Oregon Super Lawyers 2006

About Robert Banks, Jr.

Admitted: 1982, Oregon

Professional Webpage: www.bankslawoffice.com/about-us/default.aspx

Honors and Awards: President's Award, For Efforts In Protecting Investors Throughout The Country Against Invesment Abuses, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Ass'n, Honoring Presidency, President's Award, Federal Bar Ass'n, For Services To Members of the Bar, Member, Board of Directors, Public Investors Arbirtration Bar Ass'n, 2000 - Present, Board Of Directors
Bar/Professional Activity: Appointed to 3 year term by Financial Industry Regulatory Board As Public Member to FINRA's  National Arbitration and Mediation Committee, 2009, Appoiinted Chairman, FINRA Dispute Resolution Arbitrator Training Materials Task Force, 2009, Chairman, Oregon State Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, 2009, Chairperson, Oregon State Bar Securities Regulation Section , Chairperson, Oregon Trial Lawyers Business Litigation Section, Member, Executive Committee, Oregon State Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Member, Board of Directors, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Member of the faculty for the annual presentation to attorneys in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia on developments in securities law, speaking on developments in FINRA broker-dealer issues and securities arbitration, Northwest Securities Institute, 2009, Invited Speaker at the Annual Enforcement Conference in San Diego, California, North American Securities Administrators Association, 2009, Invited Speaker at FINRA Fall Conference in Carlsbad, Califorina, representing the investor perspective on a panel discussing securities arbitration, FINRA, 2008, Practicing Law Institute, 1 Securities Arbitration 2006 at 225, The NASD’s Explained Awards Rule Filing, Practicing Law Institute, 1 Securities Arbitration 2003 at 253, Clearing Firms and the 2002 Uniform Securities Act: What You Didn’t Know Could Have Hurt You, Practicing Law Institute, Securities Arbitration 2001 at 565, Clearing Firms, The Uniform Securities Act, and Koruga v. Fiserv Correspondent Services, Inc., Practicing Law Institute, Securities Arbitration 2000 at 995, Investor Protection-Not! SIPC and The Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, Practicing Law Institute, Securities Arbitration 2008 (forthcoming) A Comment On the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s Proposed Rules On Motions To Dismiss.
Representative Clients: Defrauded Investors, Registered Representatives Bringing or Defending Claims against their broker-dealers

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