Neda Ataie

About Neda Ataie

Accomplished Attorney with over two decades of experience overseeing all civil litigation matters relatedto securities disputes and securing favorable awards and resolutions for clients. Skilled at litigating againstthe largest brokers-dealers, with trillion-dollar assets, such as Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Advisors andFidelity Investments, closing 99% of FINRA investigations of brokers for alleged violations of regulationsand recovering over $50M for investors nationwide. Adept at directing depositions, mediations, arbitrations and private negotiations, representing clients before FINRA, state and federal courts, ensuring client satisfaction, conducting discovery, managing document production and record management andcommunicating strategies effectively with clients and legal teams. Ms. Ataie also represents registered representatives in FINRA arbitration disputes, claims for wrongful termination, promissory note disputes, Form U5 defamation, and expungement of customer complaints, terminations, and criminal convictions.She has substantial experience representing registered representatives in FINRA regulatory inquiries and disciplinary proceedings. She has been responsible for securing a 99% success rate in closing investigations of nationally registered representatives by FINRA, SEC, and other governing bodies, for alleged violations of regulatory rules. She successfully facilitates conflict resolution of complicated legal matters through favorable settlement negotiations and mediation.Broad-based expertise includes strategic planning, securities, corporate law, personal injury, legal research, internal investigations, hearings, trusts, mediations, arbitration, dispute resolution, negotiation, fiduciary oversight and governance. Dedicated to building effective relations and providing support to investors, senior management and boards of directors.

Experience

1. of Counsel

   Alonso & Wirth

   Jul 2023 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

   Atlanta, Georgia legal firm specializing in complex litigation in the financial services industry focused on banking, securities, and investment law focused on representing parties in disputes resolved through FINRA arbitration. These disputes encompass various issues such as transitions, wrongful termination claims, promissory notes, Form U5 defamation and expungement of customer complaints and terminations.

Education

• Thomas Jefferson School of Law

  J.D., with honors

  1993 — 1996

Skills

• Internal Investigations
• Courts
• Dispute Resolution
• Corporate Law
• Finra
• Trade Secrets
• Hearings
• Civil Litigation
• Torts
• Trusts
• Arbitration
• Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Intellectual Property
• Personal Injury
• Trading
• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Contract Negotiation
• Securities
• Class Actions
• Legal Research
• Mediation