Lanier, Lewis Crumpler

P. Wesley Lambert is a founding member of the firm who focuses his practice on securities litigation, broker-dealer representation and commercial/business litigation.

Mr. Lambert has litigation experience in trial and appellate courts (state and federal), has handled court cases involving federal securities laws (class action, multi-district litigation (MDL), broker-dealer and investment advisor actions), Uniform Commercial Code, contracts, finance, RICO, corporate law, partnership law, employee relations, product liability and estates.

Mr. Lambert has represented broker-dealers as well as investors in FINRA Dispute Resolution arbitrations and in federal court involving customer claims of fraud, unsuitability, selling-away, breach of fiduciary duty, and violations of federal securities and blue sky laws.

In transactional matters, Mr. Lambert has represented clients in Regulation D offerings, in the advisor and registered representative registration process with FINRA and state regulatory authorities, and in the review and interpretation of contracts on a variety of business related issues.

Mr. Lambert has also published several articles relating to financial services law including A Critique of the Need for the Additional Criminal Securities Fraud Section in Sarbanes-Oxley, 53 Case Western Law. Rev. 839 (Spring 2003); The Supreme Courts Review of Jones v. Harris Associates and 36(b) Claims Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 A Prospective and Analytical View, 12 Duquesne Bus. Law Journal 63 (Winter 2009) and has an article forthcoming in the winter edition of the Duquesne Business Law Journal addressing the recently-enacted Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation.

Mr. Lambert is a member of the Judge John M. Manos Inn of Court and a member of the Ohio State and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Associations.