Biography
I am the founding principal of Meyer Wilson, a top-rated, seven attorney law firm devoted exclusively to investor claims and class actions. With offices in Ohio and California, we practice nationwide, and have successfully represented over 800 individuals and institutional investors across the country in claims of investment misconduct against investment advisors, brokerage firms and insurance companies.
Our firm is honored to have received the highest recognition possible from our peers in the legal community for our achievements and dedication to our investor and consumer clients, including an AV-Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest peer rating available. I am listed in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America ® in multiple categories. I am rated "Superb" (10/10), a perfect score, by AVVO, an independent lawyer rating service.
I have also been named one of Ohio's Top 100 Lawyers and one of Columbus' Top 50 lawyers for 2013, as published by Thomson Reuters. In addition, the firm's investor representation practice was featured as the cover story in the Columbus C.E.O. magazine.
Meyer Wilson has achieved jury verdicts, arbitration awards and settlements with a combined value of hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of our clients. I have the honor of winning the largest jury verdict in Ohio's history, a jury verdict in excess of $260 million on behalf of 250 investors against Prudential Securities.
Our consumer class action practice group has been named lead and co-lead counsel in numerous class actions around the country.
Areas of Practice:
Representing individual and institutional investors who have claims against stockbrokers, brokerage firms and insurance companies for investment misconduct.
Pursuing single state and multi-state class actions on behalf of consumers in state and federal courts across the country.
Industry Expertise (3)
Elder Care
Investment Management
Legal Services
Areas of Expertise (3)
Securities Litigation
Class Actions
Investment Protection
Accomplishments (4)
Co-founder, Managing Partner | Meyer & Oliver Co., LPA (professional)
2000-07-01
MEYER & OLIVER Co., LPA July 2000 – July 2001 Columbus, Ohio Managing Partner * Co-founded law firm and built practice group devoted to the representation of investors with claims against the securities industry.
Principal | Meyer Wilson Co., LPA (professional)
1999-01-01
* Founded AV-rated law firm with four attorneys located in its own building in Columbus, Ohio. * Developed Ohio’s only niche law firm devoted solely to the representation of investors with claims against the securities industry and the representation of consumers in class actions.
Largest Securities Class Action Jury Verdict in Ohio History (professional)
2002-10-02
* Appointed as Co-Lead Class Counsel in Ohio class action against Prudential Securities that resulted in a jury verdict of $261 million, believed to be the largest jury verdict in Ohio's history. Verdict was reported as the country’s largest securities class action jury verdict. * Prosecuted several nationwide consumer class actions as court-appointed Lead or Co-Lead Class Counsel in federal and state courts throughout the country.
Ohio Super Lawyer | Columbus CEO Magazine Feature (professional)
2003-08-01
* Featured as the cover story in the August 2003 edition of Columbus CEO magazine * Selected by colleagues as an Ohio Super Lawyer 2011–present, Rising Star 2005–2009 * Top 100 Super Lawyers in Ohio, Top 50 in Columbus Ohio (Super Lawyers Magazine)
Education (3)
Capital University Law School : LL.M., Masters Degree in Tax Law 1996
Capital University Law School: J.D. 1995
Ohio University: B.BA., Finance 1992
Affiliations (2)
- PIABA
- OSBA
Links (4)
Event Appearances (7)
Investor Claims
Ohio Association for Justice, Winter Convention Cleveland, Ohio
2012-11-01
Fallout from Securities Fraud: Options for Recovery
Annual Ohio Securities Conference, Ohio Division of Securities Ohio Division of Securities
2012-10-01
Stockbroker Malpractice and Securities Arbitration
Bar Association Presentation Lake County, Ohio Bar Association
2012-10-01
When Investment Portfolios Fail: Holding Stockbrokers and Investment Counselors Accountable
West Virginia Association for Justice West Virgingia
2012-06-01
Stockbroker Malpractice and Securities Arbitration
Ohio Association for Justice Annual Convention Columbus, Ohio
2012-05-01
Investment Scams Targeting the Elderly
Chester Institute Columbus Bar Association
2011-12-01
Stockbroker Malpractice and Securities Arbitration
Annual Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Institute Dayton Bar Association, Dayton, Ohio
2010-12-01
Sample Talks (1)
Stockbroker Malpractice and Securities Arbitration
Advice and professional insights from an Investment Fraud Attorney
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