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E Michael Ciesla
Northbrook, IL Securities Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Securities and Business
The John Marshall Law School
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Robert K. Feldman
Northbrook, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Securities, Business and Real Estate
The John Marshall Law School
RKF Law Offices LLC serves as counsel to large and small companies as well as entrepreneurs and single family home purchasers in all aspects of real estate ownership. Over the years, Robert has represented some of the nation’s largest real estate developers, owners and operators, brokerage and property management companies, and construction and financial firms on real estate legal matters. RKF Law Offices LLC provides assistance with commercial real estate matters including finance, sale and acquisition, leasing, development, construction, government entitlement programs, zoning and land planning. RKF Law Offices LLC can assist clients with any type of real estate project...
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Celiza (Lisa) Bragança
Skokie, IL Securities Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Business and White Collar Crime
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
Lisa Bragança protects individuals and businesses from being bilked by Wall Street and bullied by regulators. She knows how to get important information to securities regulators early, before they have reached a decision on whether to charge and what to charge. Lisa served as a Branch Chief in the Division of Enforcement of the Chicago Office of the Securities & Exchange Commission, where she handled investigations of accounting fraud, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, churning, and unsuitability. While at the SEC, Lisa collaborated with the federal criminal prosecutors in securities fraud investigations at major corporations.
Since leaving the SEC, Lisa has...
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David A O'Toole
Skokie, IL Securities Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Antitrust, Business and Consumer
University of Chicago
David O’Toole joined Bragança Law after spending 24 years as a senior staff attorney at the Federal Trade Commission’s Midwest Region in Chicago. A three-time graduate of the University of Chicago, where he received a B.A. in History (1984), an M.B.A. (1988) and a J.D. (1992, with honors), David began his legal career spending almost six years in private practice in Chicago and Washington, D.C., working on antitrust, white collar defense, and general commercial litigation. for twenty-four years.
While at the FTC, David led teams that challenged companies for deceptive marketing involving dietary supplements and health products, operating as pyramid...
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Adam Gana
Chicago, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
3706 N Greenview Ave
#100
Chicago, IL 60613
Free ConsultationSecurities, Appeals, Business and Insurance Claims
New York Law School
Adam Gana serves as the managing partner of the law firm of Gana Weinstein LLP. His practice focuses on all aspects of securities arbitration. Mr. Gana's experience includes securities arbitration and litigation in various dispute resolution forums including JAMS, NFA and FINRA and litigation in both State and Federal Courts. As lead counsel, Mr. Gana has tried more than forty cases to verdict before the state and federal trial and appellate courts, AAA, and has settled hundreds more cases through mediation and direct negotiation.
Mr. Gana was named in the New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars® for eight straight years (an...
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Joe Wojciechowski
Barrington, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Arbitration & Mediation and Consumer
The John Marshall Law School
I have been a licensed attorney since November 2009 and been with Stoltmann Law Offices since March 2005. Prior to Stoltmann Law Offices, I had a short stint as a paralegal with a Chicago securities defense firm. I am currently managing partner at Stoltmann Law Offices and am responsible for the day to day operations of the firm, docket and case management. Personally, I handle all aspects of case management from potential client/case intake to trying the case. I have successfully briefed, argued, and defeated numerous motions to dismiss before dozens of FINRA arbitration panels and courts of law.
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Sara Hanley
Barrington, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities
Nova Southeastern University
Attorney Hanley has focused her practice on representing investors nationwide who have lost their savings and retirement funds as a result of their brokerage accounts being mishandled. Attorney Hanley represents investors in claims against their brokers, broker dealers, investment advisors, financial advisors, and insurance companies. Attorney Hanley is experienced in providing representation for investors who have been the victims of financial fraud, negligence and unsuitable investments. Attorney Hanley has experience in prosecuting claims against the major Wall Street brokerage firms.
Attorney Hanley has extensive experience in the areas of securities litigation and arbitration, including securities class actions, numerous arbitrations...
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Andrew Stoltmann
Barrington, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Arbitration & Mediation and Consumer
DePaul College of Law
Andrew Stoltmann, attorney and investor advocate, exclusively concentrates his practice in representing investors who are the victims of investment fraud. He has represented over one thousand individuals in lawsuits and securities arbitration actions against brokerage firms like Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Wachovia, Linsco, Prudential, Baird, Edward Jones, AG Edwards and Smith Barney and has tried approximately 80 cases. Previous to opening the Stoltmann Law Offices P.C. he was a partner in a law firm concentrating its practice in the representation of investors in lawsuits, arbitration claims and class actions against brokerage firms. Mr. Stoltmann is...
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Adam J. Weinstein
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
3706 N Greenview Ave
#100
Chicago, IL 60613
Free ConsultationSecurities, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
New York Law School
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Adam Marquardt
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Arbitration & Mediation and Consumer
The John Marshall Law School
Adam Marquardt is an attorney representing investors in securities litigation claims against financial professionals including brokers, investment advisors, and their firms. Unsuitable investments, negligence, and fraud are just a few of the possible claims. Adam has a history of protecting investors and individuals. Adam spent time as a regulator at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA), the primary securities regulator of broker-dealers and over 630,000 brokers. At FINRA, Adam helped protect investors by ensuring broker-dealers and their registered representatives complied with federal securities laws and stock exchange and FINRA rules. Before regulating brokers, Adam represented individuals in civil...
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Mary Curry
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney
3706 N Greenview Ave
#100
Chicago, IL 60613
Free ConsultationSecurities, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
St. John's University School of Law
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Ryan Scott Replogle
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Business, Communications and IP
Washington University in St. Louis
I am ready to join your team of business and technical leaders by providing practical, value-driven legal counsel.
Since 2007, I have advised businesses in all stages of corporate growth on their most important commercial and government contracts, IP licensing matters, capital transactions, governance issues, employment matters, risk management strategies and securities law matters.
My clients appreciate my responsive and sophisticated representation, with “big firm” quality but at a fraction of the cost.
I am licensed in both New York and Illinois and have spent most of my career based in Chicago and New York City.
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Nick Bathas
Schaumburg, IL Securities Law Attorney
10 N. Martingale Road
Suite 400
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Securities, Appeals, Business and Real Estate
Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
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Thomas Howard
Chicago, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Securities, Bankruptcy, Business and Real Estate
Marquette University Law School
Since obtaining my license in 2008, I have dedicated my career to representing numerous financial institutions, focusing on enforcing their security interests. Over the last decade, I have supported community banks through complex commercial workouts, dealing with sophisticated financial products. My litigation experience extends to contested contract cases based on various legal theories.
I have been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers and an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers since 2015. My practice primarily involves representing secured creditors in all facets of commercial loan enforcement, from initiating commercial workouts to enforcing judgments. I frequently write on these subjects and...
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Robert Clifford
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities and Products Liability
DePaul College of Law
Attorney Robert A. Clifford founded his Chicago law firm, Clifford Law Offices, in 1995 with the goal of protecting the rights of innocent victims living throughout Illinois and across the country. At the time of the firm's founding, Mr. Clifford had already built a reputation as one of the country's most respected personal injury lawyers, and his reputation for excellence has only grown over the past 20-plus years.
Mr. Clifford began his legal career in 1976 after earning his law degree from DePaul University College of Law and receiving his approval to practice law in the state of Illinois. In...
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Jacob Rheaume
Chicago, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 5 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Business and Real Estate
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Jacob Rheaume is a finance associate in Chicago, Illinois who represents institutional lenders in syndicated loan transactions.
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Michael Duane Kennedy
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Securities
DePaul College of Law
Michael D. Kennedy, a partner with The White Law Group, is a member of the Illinois and Chicago Bar Associations, as well as a member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), an association of securities attorneys who dedicate their practices to the representation of investors defrauded by their financial professional or brokerage firm.
Mike’s practice is primarily dedicated to representing defrauded investors in arbitration cases before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) in the pursuit of recovery of his clients’ investment losses. In his time with The White Law Group, Mike has represented more than 350 investors in...
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Alexander N. Loftus
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Consumer
DePaul College of Law
Business and Class Action Attorney – Righter of Wrongs
Alexander Loftus specializes in litigating business, intellectual property, commercial, employment, and class action cases and is passionate about fighting for the little guy in a failed business transaction.
Alexander has resolved a wide range of significant cases through mediation, arbitration, and trial, including claims arising from breach of contract, fraud, professional malpractice, defamation, business divorce, and shareholder derivative lawsuits. Alexander has handled appeals before the Seventh Circuit, Illinois Appellate Courts, U.S. Supreme Court, and represented Amicus Curiae before the Illinois Supreme Court. He is also admitted to practice in Illinois State Courts, Illinois...
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Bill Cisar
Chicago, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities and Business
Phoenix School of Law
William (Bill) Cisar has 10+ years legal experience in handling domestic and international business contract matters. He has obtained an L.L.M. Master of Law degree specializing in Taxation from Arizona State University. Bill is licensed in the state of Illinois and works for clients throughout the United States.
Bill Cisar has extensive experience with Startups, Commercial Contracts and Agreements, Merger and Acquisition, Equity Financing & Securities, Fintech & Cryptocurrency, SaaS, Tax Law & Strategies, Trademark & Copyright, IP, and Data Privacy.
Having an attorney on your side willing to speak openly and directly about the liabilities and necessary documents you need to...
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Charles Mudd
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
Securities, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and IP
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is the founder and principal of Mudd Law, located in Chicago, Illinois, Park City, Utah, and Houston, Texas. He focuses his practice on a wide range of business legal issues, including transactional and litigation matters involving intellectual property, Internet law, and emerging technology. Mr. Mudd and his firm serve a diverse group of clients, including local, national, and international individuals and businesses. Mr. Mudd received a B.A. in philosophy and a Master of Arts in political science from Purdue University and then went on to earn his Juris Doctor from the Quinnipiac University School of Law....
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Taher Kameli
Chicago, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Business, Employment and Immigration
Washburn School Of Law and Washburn University School of Law
I have been the founding partner of the Kameli Law Group, since 1996 and focuses on immigration and corporate law. I am also a strong advocate for international business and have devoted myself over the course of my career to the problems in our contemporary era of globalization.
I am a proud member of the bar of Washington D.C., New York, the U.S. Supreme Court, and Illinois.
Since 2009, I have been facilitating the creation of sustainable jobs in the United States with over 100 million foreign investments by the designated USCIS Regional Centers, under the EB-5 program. With creative solutions,...
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James Oberholtzer
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Business, Real Estate and Tax
DePaul College of Law and Washington and Lee University School of Law
James Oberholtzer has provided legal services to clients for over 35 years. He has provided legal representation to: Families. Estate planning, family wealth planning, wills and trusts, taxation of wills and trusts, guardianship and conservatorships, creation and administration of trusts, and probate of estates. Entrepreneurs. Closely held companies, family partnerships and individual entrepreneurs in formation and finance of enterprises, acquisitions and joint ventures, strategic planning and executive compensation, entity governance, integration of tax, legal and business objectives, protection of intellectual property and selection and supervision of local counsel. Senior Housing. Senior housing owners and operators...
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Jeffrey Dorman
Chicago, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Consumer
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Jeff is Consumer Law, Securities Law, Stockbroker & Investment Fraud, and Arbitration & Mediation. He has unique experience with a background in law, as well as econometrics, mathematics, and computer programming. Jeff holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Michigan and an LL.D. in Antitrust from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Additionally, he received a M.S. (ABD) in Industrial Organization and Econometrics from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jeff's academic and professional training have facilitated many successful outcomes in complex litigation cases. With more than 40 years of experience, Jeff is committed to providing exceptional legal...
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Christopher L. Lufrano
Oak Park, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University
Christopher L. Lufrano is the managing attorney and principal of Lufrano Law, LLC and has extensive experience in matters involving securities investment disputes, regulatory defense, real estate law and business services. Mr. Lufrano is licensed to practice law in Illinois and New York, and often travels throughout the country to represent aggrieved investors in FINRA securities arbitrations where permitted under state law. Mr. Lufrano is a graduate of Boston University, where he majored in Business Management. Following college, Mr. Lufrano was employed by Morgan Stanley where he worked as...
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Michael P Tomlinson
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
Securities, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
For nearly seven years, Michael P. Tomlinson practiced law at a large national law firm. During that time, Mr. Tomlinson represented clients in all types of complex commercial litigation, including the following types of cases:
Restrictive covenants (non-competition and non-solicitation)
Trade secret misappropriation
Securities litigation
Securities enforcement actions
Labor and employment law
Statutory fraud (e.g., the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act)
Class action defense
Uniform Commercial Code
General contract and tort law
Qui tam actions
White collar crime
Mr. Tomlinson also has experience in conducting internal investigations on behalf of both securities and health care clients.
In addition to the litigation-related services listed above, Mr. Tomlinson provides advice to his...
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Jawad I. Fitter
Chicago, IL Securities Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationSecurities, Business and Trademarks
Fitter Law is a Subscription-based Law Firm for Business, founded in 2019 in Chicago, IL. The Law Firm's subscription plans include unlimited legal consultations, unlimited contract reviews, powerful legal resources, insight, guidance, and much more to all clients for one low monthly price.
Attorney Jawad Fitter is the founding member of Fitter Law, LLC. He represents clients in business negotiations, relationship development, and contracting. He has facilitated over $50M Dollars in business transactions.
In addition, he represents businesses and individuals in civil litigation from pre-litigation counseling through trial. Mr. Fitter has represented clients in complex trust litigation, tax litigation, and business...
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R. Tamara de Silva
Chicago, IL Securities Law Lawyer
110 N Wacker Drive
Suite 2500
Chicago, IL 60606
Free ConsultationSecurities, Appeals and White Collar Crime
Loyola University's School of Law
With over 20 years’ experience trading in the financial industry, few New York attorneys have the in-depth knowledge and insights possessed by Attorney R. Tamara de Silva. Serving clients in New York, Chicago, and London, she has earned a reputation for outstanding representation against even the most reputable businesses in the country. If you face issues involving whistleblowing, blockchain law, or white collar crimes, contact the Law Offices of R. Tamara de Silva today to schedule a free consultation and learn more about what to do next. Ms. de Silva has a background in both trading and blockchain technologies. You...
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D. Daxton White
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
125 S. Wacker Dr. Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60606
Securities, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
Florida State University College of Law
D. Daxton White is an AV rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell, the attorney rating service, indicating the highest rating for legal ability and ethics. He is a member of the Florida and Illinois Bar Associations, as well as the Indian River County Bar Association. He is also a member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), an association of securities attorneys who dedicate their practices to the representation of investors defrauded by their financial professional or brokerage firm. Mr. White has also served on the PIABA Legislative Committee which attempts to advance the cause of investors through the use...
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Allison Huebert
Chicago, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Securities, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
University of Virginia School of Law and The University of Chicago Law School
My practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and arbitration. I represent clients in high-stakes, high-dollar disputes involving breach of contract, employment law, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, insurance coverage, securities disputes, class actions, and whistleblower claims. I have represented both plaintiffs and defendants before state and federal courts, and in domestic and international arbitration proceedings.
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Andrew May
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
DePaul University
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Bruce Lewitas
Chicago, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Securities and Employment
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Bruce Lewitas has litigated financial services disputes for three decades, beginning his career as an Enforcement attorney for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and thereafter serving as both in-house and outside counsel representing both individuals and broker-dealers. Bruce has overseen thousands of matters involving customer disputes, employment matters, regulatory inquiries and internal investigations.
At Lewitas Hyman PC, our core values include putting the client first and providing cost-effective counsel coupled with professional and aggressive advocacy.
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Deborah Thomas Boye
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 45 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities, Administrative and Business
University of Notre Dame Law School
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Doug Hyman
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Securities and Employment
For over 25 years Doug Hyman has been representing investors, brokerage firms, registered representatives, investment advisor representatives and RIAs in various types of matters relevant to the financial services industry, both in the context of general counseling and in connection with representing clients nationwide in arbitrations and in state/federal courts.
At Lewitas Hyman PC, our core values include putting the client first and providing cost-effective counsel coupled with professional and aggressive advocacy.
Doug is also committed to serving his profession and community. For many years he has served as Treasurer for the Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni Association, a non-profit...
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Jonathan Linnemeyer
Lisle, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Securities, Business and Real Estate
Northern Illinois University
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Jordan B Dorrestein
St. Charles, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Securities
Northern Illinois University
A creative and dynamic attorney, Jordan has recently returned to Illinois to join the litigation practice of Higgins & Burke after several years of practicing in Colorado. We are happy to have him aboard and pleased to announce this new addition to our practice.
Prior to joining Higgins & Burke, P.C., Jordan was the lead associate attorney with the litigation practice of Goulart & Associates, P.C. in Boulder, Colorado. During that time, Jordan secured multiple favorable judgments and settlements for his clients in a wide array of legal matters including construction defect, real estate, life/viatical settlements, securities and commercial litigation.
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Melanie Lorenzo
Chicago, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Securities
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Samuel Olutola Akeju
Chicago, IL Securities Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Securities, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Communications
Nigerian Law School
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John S. Burke
Geneva, IL Securities Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
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Barbara Mallon
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
(312) 346-8892
120 North LaSalle Street
Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60602-2423
Securities
I am a Securities Regulation attorney, having worked at the SEC for nearly ten years. My practice is focused on investment adviser and broker-dealer compliance. To that end my practice involves counseling clients on securities -related issues, conducting mock SEC audits, training registered personnel on various issues involving SEC law, responding to SEC and FINRA deficiency letters, investigations and legal actions and handling state securities law matters.
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Melvin S Newman
Chicago, IL Securities Law Attorney with 64 years of experience
Securities and Business
The University of Chicago Law School