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Russell
C. Weigel III |
Profile During more than a decade at the SEC, between 1990 and 2001, Mr. Weigel Mr. Weigel is an AV-rated* securities lawyer, admitted to practice law in the state courts of Florida and New York and in the District of Columbia, in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, in all three federal district courts in Florida, and in the Eastern District of Michigan and the Southern District of New York. He is licensed as a NASD Dispute Resolution Arbitrator and Mediator and serves as a court-appointed receiver and special master in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. Mr. Weigel is a member of the following national organizations:
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supervised and conducted over 80 investigations and litigated over 35 civil
injunctive and administrative proceedings nationwide, most involving allegations of fraud, sales of unregistered non-exempt securities, or regulatory compliance
violations by stock promoters, public companies, broker dealers, investment
advisers, and stock transfer agents, among others. Mr. Weigel also supervised
investigations and litigated cases involving securities issuers’ Ponzi schemes
and false
financial reporting. For example, Mr. Weigel directly supervised the
financial reporting investigation of W.R. Grace & Co. and its auditors, and
the accountant independency investigation of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and
filed and litigated the civil injunctive case against W.R. Grace & Co.,
materially participating in the negotiated settlement involving the filing and
simultaneous settlement of administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings
against the company. Mr. Weigel has particular experience in the collection of court-ordered disgorgement in pro-debtor states like the State of Florida and
State of Texas. Mr. Weigel developed particular expertise in investment adviser
performance advertising and compliance, having investigated and litigated a number of such cases. Mr. Weigel also started and led an investigative task
force of bank broker dealer sales practices.