Ryan K Bakhtiari

I represent clients in securities disputes before FINRA (NASD, NYSE), state, and federal courts. In June 2019, I was honored to be nominated as a public member of the Discovery Task Force Committee (DTFC) of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). This committee, established following a directive from the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, reviews substantive issues related to discovery in arbitration proceedings under the FINRA Code of Arbitration Procedure. In June 2013, I was named Chairman of the National Arbitration and Mediation Committee (“NAMC”) of FINRA, an advisory group that recommends rules, regulations, and procedures for FINRA arbitration, mediation, and dispute resolution. Earlier, in June 2011, I was nominated to serve as a public member of the Nasdaq OMX BX Arbitration Committee. This committee advises on rules, regulations, and procedures for arbitrations, mediations, and dispute resolution for the Nasdaq and Boston Stock Exchanges. In 2009, I was also nominated to serve as a public member of the National Arbitration and Mediation Committee of FINRA. From 2008 to 2013, I served on the Board of Directors of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA) and was President from 2011 to 2012. PIABA is a nationwide organization of securities lawyers that represent investors in disputes with the financial service industry. In my work addressing investors' rights issues, I have been quoted by the press in publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Dow Jones Business News, NY Post, Los Angeles Business Journal, The American Banker, and Cleveland Plains Dealer.