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Visibility Rankings  | | #16 out of 1,561 lawyers in Beverly Hills, California | | #5,060 out of 890,538 total lawyers Overall |
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| Practice Areas | Securities Arbitration; Securities Litigation | | | Education | Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1975, University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1969 Dean's List | | | Admitted | 1975, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit | |
| Memberships | Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (Past President and Director Emeritus); Chair, FINRA (formerly NASD) National Arbitration and Mediation Committee. | | | Born | 1948 | | | Biography | Member, Southwestern University Law Review. Mr. Aidikoff was recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Mr. Aidikoff has served on the faculty of the Practicing Law Institute (1996, 1997, 2002), NASD Fall Securities Conference (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006), NASAA Enforcement Conference (2002, 2004), NASAA Attorney/Investigator Training Conference (2006), SCMA Conference (2005), NERA Securities Litigation Seminar (2004), New York City Bar Securities Arbitration program (2002), Los Angeles County Bar Association Securities Arbitration program (2006), the NASD faculty for training of discovery arbitrators, and on the JAMS faculty for training of securities arbitrators. He has appeared on CNBC, CNN/fn, PBS Nightly Business Report, National Public Radio, CBS Radio, and the Business Channel addressing investor rights topics, and has been quoted on securities matters in the Wall Street Journal, the Dow Jones News Service, Newsweek, Reuters, Fortune Magazine, Business Week, Money Magazine, Bloomberg News Service, Forbes, Medical Economics, Registered Representative, The New York Times, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and other national and local press. Publications: Broker Abuse: Recovering For Your Client, Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Advocate (1993); Take it or Leave it: Case Evaluation and Retention, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (1995); Recognizing and Evaluating Stockbroker Liability, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Convention (1995); The Brave New World of Banks Selling Securities: Offline and Online, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (1996); Recognizing and Guarding Against Fiduciary Abuse, National Guardianship Association Annual Convention (1996); Stockbrokerage Firm Liability: A Pre-Litigation Analysis, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Advocate (1996), reprinted in the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association "Advocate" (January 1997); Control Person Liability in the Securities Industry, A Legal Overview and Practical Applications, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (1997); Liability of Control Persons at Second Tier Firms, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (1997); Why Shouldn't Clearing Firms be Liable, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (1998); Clearing Firm Liability: A Forward Looking Analysis, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (1998); Motion Practice in Securities Arbitration: A Claimant's Point of View, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (1999); Selective Rescission and the Offset Defense in Securities Cases: A Survey of the Law, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2000); After the Correction: Are Your Losses Recoverable? American Pathology Foundation (2001); 2001: An Update on Best Execution and Suitability Standards for Online Trading, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2001); Arbitration: Can it be Waived? Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (2002); Comments of the Claimant's Bar on Proposed Changes in the Expungement Process, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (2002); Due Diligence or Don't: Pre-Filing Considerations and Claim Drafting, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2003); Confidentiality and Compliance Manuals: The Fight for Unfettered Access, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2004) and republished in the Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (2005); From Wall Street to Main Street: A Guide to Litigation Over Hedge Funds Sold by Brokerage Firms to Retail Investors, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2005); I Didn't Say That! Oh Yes, You Did: The Use of Court Reporters in Securities Arbitration, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2005); Third Party Money Managers: Brokerage Firms' Duty to Monitor and Resulting Liability, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (2005); A Practical Guide To The New NASD Code of Arbitration Procedure For Customer Disputes, Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook (2006), also republished Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2006); Trying Asset/Mortgage Backed Securities Cases: A Practical Guide, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2007); and most recently published Wall Street Does It Again: The Auction Rate Securities Fraud, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2008). Arbitrator, FINRA (formerly NASD), 2006—. For five years, Mr. Aidikoff wrote a weekly column in the Palm Springs Desert Sun on issues of interests to investors. | | | ISLN | 909520609 | |
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