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Bill Singer, Attorney at Law
BILL SINGER (first name is legally "Bill") is a Member of the law firm of Gusrae, Kaplan, Bruno & Nusbaum PLLC where he represents securities-industry firms, individual registered persons, Wall Street whistleblowers and defrauded public investors. Singer has represented clients before the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the NASD, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and in criminal investigations brought by various federal, state, and local prosecutors. He has the distinction of representing witnesses during Congressional investigations.
Before entering the private practice of law, Singer was employed in the Legal Department of Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co.; as a regulatory attorney with both the American Stock Exchange and the NASD (now FINRA); and as a Legal Counsel to Integrated Resources Asset Management. Singer was formerly Chief Counsel to the Financial Industry Association; General Counsel to the NASD Dissidents' Grassroots Movement; and General Counsel to the Independent Broker-Dealer Association. He was registered for a number of years as a Series 7 and Series 63 stockbroker.
Singer publishes the RRBDLAW.com and BrokeAndBroker.com websites, and the BrokeAndBroker.com blog. Singer is the Street Legal columnist for Registered Rep. magazine; a featured columnist for Forbes.com; a member of the Forbes Intelligent Investing All-Stars Panel; and a blogger for the Huffington Post . He regularly appears as a commentator on television and radio, and is frequently quoted in the press. Singer is an outspoken critic of ineffective regulation and a staunch advocate for Wall Street reform.
Bill Singer can be reached at:
- Bloomberg Radio: The First Word with Ken Prewitt (Madoff) (12/15/2008)
- National Public Radio's Marketplace: Madoff (12/15/2008)
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Madoff (12/15/2008)
- National Public Radio's Marketplace: House Banking Hearing (2/11/2009)
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Madoff (3/11/2008)
- Forbes' Intelligent Investing: Future of Regulation (5/26/2009)
- Marketplace: Reforms to Derivatives Could Be Costly (6/6/2009)
- Sense On Cents with host Larry Doyle: Regulatory Reform (6/14/2009)
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Madoff Sentencing (6/29/2009)
- Bloomberg Radio: Madoff Co-Conspirators Will Be Uncovered (6/29/2009)
- France2 20 Heures:& G-20 and Bonuses (September 23, 2009)
- National Public Radio's Marketplace: Ken Lewis/BOA (October 5, 2009)
- Bloomberg TV (Sue Keenan): Cioffi, Tannin Face Jury Over Bear Funds Collapse (October 13, 2009)
- Rep.TV: What's Next for New Regulations on Financial Advisors? (November 2009)
- Bloomberg TV: Inside Track (Eric Schatzker and Dan Colarusso): Cioffi/Tannin (November 5, 2009)
- Bloomberg TV: Cohan, Singer, Levitt Own Words on Cioffi Tannin Case (November 11, 2009)
- Bloomberg TV: Inside Track (Eric Schatzker and Dan Colarusso): Galleon Indictments (December 21, 2009)
- CBC TV and Radio: SEC v. Goldman Sachs & Co. (April 16/17, 2010)
- Bloomberg TV: Inside the Loop (Betty Liu): SEC v. Goldman Sachs & Co. (April 20, 2010)
- Bloomberg TV: Inside Track (Eric Schatzker): Morgan Stanley "Dead Presidents" (May 12, 2010)
- National Public Radio's Marketplace: Flash Crash (May 13, 2010)
- Bloomberg TV: Bloomberg News (Mark Crumpton): Disney Insider Trading Cases (May 26, 2010)
- National Public Radio's Marketplace: SEC v. Goldman Sachs Settlement (July 16, 2010)
- A Taxing Problem (January 2008)
- Spinning Out of Control (February 2008)
- Atlas Shrugged (March 2008)
- One Too Many for the Road (April 2008)
- The Smaller They Are, The Harder They Fall (May 2008)
- You've Got Mail (June 2008)
- An Un-Settling Problem (July 2008)
- The Yes Man Who Said No (September 2008)
- A Suspicious Case from FINRA (October 2008)
- Ain't What It Used to Be (November 2008)
- A Call for Overhaul (December 2008)
- Settlement Premium (January 2009)
- Barred Behind Bars (February 2009)
- Foolish Moves With Your Cash - Dollar Wise? (March 2009)
- Let's Go to the Tape (April 2009)
- From Bad to Worse and Back (May 2009)
- Red Flags (June 2009)
- FINRA's Member's-Only Club (July 2009)
- Guess the Fine, Win a Prize (August 2009)
- On Borrowed Time (September 2009)
- Case by Case (October 2009)
- Don't Try This at Work (November 2009)
- Don't Try This at Work (November 2009)
- The Gates of Hell (December 2009)
- The Woodshed (January 2010)
- Some Expense-ive Lessons (February 2010)
- Getting to Suit-ability (March 2010)
- A Tale of Two Citis (April 2010)
- FINRA Honor and Principle (May 2010)
- Outside Business, Why Employers Hate it (June 2010)
- A Not So Clever Resignation Strategy (July 2010)
- FINRA Arbitration: Sometimes It Pays to Settle (August 2010)
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