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The article addresses the skills required to navigate FINRA arbitrations, analyzes the drawbacks and benefits of allowing non-lawyer advocates to represent parties in FINRA arbitrations...
Michelle Arbitrio (Partner-White Plains) co-authored "Is
There a Lawyer in the House? Issues Presented by Non-Lawyer
Representatives in FINRA Securities Arbitrations," which
appeared in the Winter 2017 issue of the CLM's Litigation
Management. The article addresses the skills required to
navigate FINRA arbitrations, analyzes the drawbacks and benefits of
allowing non-lawyer advocates to represent parties in FINRA
arbitrations, and proposes practical solutions for minimizing the
negative consequences of non-lawyer representation in FINRA
arbitrations.
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