Georgia Securities Lawyers

James P. Galvin is the founder of Galvin Legal. He is a member of the Florida Bar and the State Bar of Georgia. He graduated from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance. He obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, Florida. At the University of Miami, he completed the litigation skills program, which included serving as a Certified Legal Intern with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. Mr. Galvin actively participated in the Investor Rights Clinic as a Certified Legal Intern, Returning Fellow,...

Walter Jospin’s practice focuses on SEC and other securities regulatory enforcement matters, corporate governance, internal investigations, and SEC Whistleblower Claims.

Mr. Jospin is the former Director of the Atlanta Regional Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he served from February 2015 until January 2018. As Regional Director, he led over 110 lawyers, accountants, and compliance examiners in the office’s Enforcement and Examination programs, which cover Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina. During his three-year tenure, Mr. Jospin supervised many enforcement actions relating to financial and accounting fraud, disclosure failures, audit failures, offering frauds, Ponzi schemes, violations...

Meredith has been an associate attorney at Kaufman Law, P.C since 2013. She graduated in the top third of her class at Georgia State University's College of Law in May 2011. Before attending law school, she obtained her B.A. degree in Political Science from the University of Georgia. Meredith is a member of the Young Lawyers Division of the Georgia State Bar, the American Association for Justice, Georgia Appleseed's Young Professionals Council, and the the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association among other organizations. To contact Meredith, please call Kaufman Law at 678-666-3600.

Mr. Zagorsky is a member of the Parker MacIntyre's Regulatory Practice Group, advising and representing investment advisers, broker/dealers, private investment funds and other investment industry players in various regulatory, compliance, and enforcement matters. He also has significant business and transactional practice experience, specifically in the areas of entrepreneurial private investment fund formation and growth company capital raising.

Mr. Zagorsky recently served as Director/Assistant Commissioner of the Georgia Securities Division, the chief securities regulatory official in Georgia. In that role, he managed the Registrations, Audits/Exams, and Enforcement sections of the Securities Division. He presided over evidentiary hearings, implemented rulemakings, and represented the...

Pitts Carr is one of the founding partners of the nationally recognized law firm Carr & Weatherby, LLP. During his 43-year tenure as a trial attorney, Mr. Carr has become one of the most respected and experienced attorneys in the Southeast. He has been described as a tough litigator with a reputation for professionalism and high ethical standards in the courtroom. He also is known for his unequaled success rate. Mr. Carr graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Georgia, followed by a J.D. degree from Duke University Law School in 1972. He has...

Maggie Heim represents clients in complex litigation matters in both the Federal and State court systems. She has earned a reputation as a skilled advocate who is unwilling to accept less than the best result for her clients. Maggie has been recognized for excellence in the practice of law by numerous independent attorney rating services, including Super Lawyers, the Daily Report, Martindale-Hubbell, Legal Elite, and Avvo.

J. Steven Parker has extensive experience in the areas of investment adviser and broker dealer regulation, as well as securities litigation and arbitration. As a partner in the firm’s Regulatory Practice Group, representing individuals, broker-dealers, and investment advisers in regulatory and enforcement matters. Additionally, he represents broker-dealers, registered representative and others in securities litigation and arbitration matters.
Mr. Parker advises existing and start-up investment advisers, including advisers required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or with one or more state regulatory agencies. The landscape of regulation in this area of law is constantly shifting, requiring in most instances...

Pratt H. Davis is an experienced trial and arbitration counsel who concentrates his practice in the areas of securities and trust litigation/arbitration, complex commercial litigation and injury claims. Mr. Davis has successfully represented individual and business clients in multi-million dollar securities cases. He has served as a court appointed receiver as well as counsel for the receiver in high-dollar complex cases brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Davis’ arbitration experience also includes the representation of brokers and investment advisers in employment-related disputes and representing brokerage firms in interpleader actions.

Mr. Davis’ practice also includes the representation of both private...

Jeff Bekiares is an attorney with over seven years of experience in general corporate and securities law. He practiced law at a large Atlanta law firm for over six years before leaving large firm life to become the Co-founder, COO and General Counsel of SparkMarket, a Georgia based crowdfunding platform. He has worked with clients at a variety of stages: From start-ups to exchange listed public companies and specializes in entity formation, governance, contract drafting and capital raising. In addition to corporate formation and securities, Jeff is well versed in a wide variety of transactional matters, including asset...

Gerry Balboni is an experienced deal lawyer representing growth companies, investors, and buyers and sellers of growth companies. He has distinctive expertise in venture capital, private equity, acquisitions, and licensing and distribution of technology and software. Gerry brings a results-oriented approach to every engagement. He knows what works and what doesn't. Gerry graduated from the University of South Florida in 1975 with a B.A. in English, from the Graduate School of Business of Stetson University in 1977 with an MBA, and from the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama in 1984 with a J.D., cum laude....

Patrick Zichterman, an associate attorney with Parker MacIntyre’s Regulatory Practice Group, represents individuals, broker-dealers, and investment advisers in compliance, regulatory, and enforcement matters. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado in Boulder and earned a J.D. in 2015 from the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens. During both his second and third year of law school, Mr. Zichterman interned with the Enforcement Division at the Atlanta Regional Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which provided him with valuable insight into the industry. While at UGA Law, Mr. Zichterman also served as...

J. Michael Bishop is a partner in the Atlanta firm of Smiley Bishop & Porter LLP. For over 25 years, Mike has practiced extensively in the areas of securities arbitration and litigation, representing investors with securities claims of all types and sizes. Mike and his firm have obtained numerous seven-figure arbitration awards which have included punitive damages, attorneys’ fees and costs. Many of Mr. Bishop’s clients are elderly investors who have been victims of investment and financial fraud. Mike has successfully represented clients with claims against virtually every major Wall Street firm, including: Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, UBS/PaineWebber, Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter,...