AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

The Best Lawyers in America, 2006-2008

Florida Legal Elite, Florida Trend Magazine 2004-2007; ranked in the top 2% of practicing Florida Bar Members

Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-2007

Burton W. Wiand represents brokerage firms, financial institutions, corporations, and their associated persons in arbitration, litigation in state and federal courts and in investigations and proceedings before state and federal regulatory agencies and self-regulatory organizations. 

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Representative Experience

• Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison and Kelly
  Partner, 1984-1989
• United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement
  1971-1984; Assistant Chief Trial Counsel; Senior Counsel to Associate Director;  Branch Chief, Branch of Criminal References and Special Proceedings; Special Counsel to Assistant Director

Presentations

• "Trouble: How To Avoid It And What To Do When It Arrives," Florida Securities Dealers Association, Regional Conference, 2007
• Interview on CNBC regarding Insider Trading with CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, December 4, 2006. Click here to view the video.   
• Accounting Controls Seminar, Panelist, Executive Enterprises, Inc.
• University of Tulsa, Principal Speaker, Third Annual Conference of Accountants
• Annual Convention, Principal Speaker, Dallas Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Federal Bar Association Conference on White Collar Crime, Principal Speaker
• Securities Regulation, Guest Lecturer, Penn State University
• Sixth Annual Conference of Legal Problems and Bank Regulation, Panelist, Law Journal Seminar-Press
• National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., Arbitration & Mediation - Instructor NASD Advanced Arbitrator Training Courses

Publications

• Contributing Legal Editor, Author, Securities Arbitration Commentator