Ryan Bakhtiari has been invited to participate as a speaker at the 2016 Practicing Law Institute (PLI) conference program on Wednesday, September 28, 2016.
The PLI Securities Arbitration program is held at the PLI New York Center and also online by webcast. The program brings together legal professionals with securities industry regulators to discuss hot topics in the securities arbitration practice area. This year’s conference features sessions geared toward attorneys, including: FINRA Update on the Dispute Resolution Task Force Recommendations; the Arbitrator’s Perspective; Employment Disputes; Ethics; Expert Witnesses and Closing Arguments; and other Hot Topics and Future Trends.
Mr. Bakhtiari served on the faculty of the Practicing Law Institute (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020), the New York City Bar Association’s presentation of Securities Arbitration and Mediation Hot Topics (2012) and has spoken at the FINRA Annual Conference (2012 and 2014) on the topic of securities arbitration. Mr. Bakhtiari is a past member of the board of editors, managing editor of the PIABA Bar Journal and edited the “Recent Arbitration Awards” column covering significant NASD and NYSE arbitration awards. Mr. Bakhtiari has spoken at the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association annual meeting, California mid-year meeting, authored and co-authored several articles. He was a teaching assistant and extern to the Honorable James N. Barr, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California and presently serves as a FINRA securities arbitrator.