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Visibility Rankings  | | #22 out of 1,550 lawyers in Beverly Hills, California | | #9,516 out of 892,553 total lawyers Overall |
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| Practice Areas | Securities Arbitration; Securities Employment Litigation; Securities Litigation | | | Education | Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1998, University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., 1995 | | | Admitted | 1998, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1999, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2004, Texas; 2005, New York | |
| Memberships | Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (Past Managing Editor, PIABA Bar Journal). | | | Born | 1973 | | | Biography | Lead Articles Editor, Southwestern University Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas. Mr. Bakhtiari was recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Publications: 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: A Survey of the Law, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2000); 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 Handbook (2002); Governing Law Clauses in Customer Agreements, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2003); Practice Pointers For Trying the Variable Annuity Case, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2004) and most recently published 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) and Supervising Retail Customer Accounts, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (2005). | | | Reported Cases | Coutee v. Barington Capital Group, LP, 336.3d 1128 (9th Cir. 2003); Goodman v. CIBC Oppenheimer & Co., 131 F. Supp.2d 1180 (C.D. Cal. 2001). | | | ISLN | 913766239 | |
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