Max Isaacman Securities Expert Witness

MAX ISAACMAN
Registered Investment Advisor
1333 Jones Street, Suite 1104
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: (415) 397-6434
Fax: (415) 397-8073
Email:

Services:
Expert Witness providing consultation, deposition, and trial testimony in cases involving stockbroker activity, investment services functions, handling brokerage accounts, diversification, hedging, and suitability issues.

Profile:
I give written or oral opinions in cases involving activity between brokers and their customers.  Also I construct damage assessments to show what results would have been possible using proper investment management.  Among other matters are churning, diversification and portfolio management, suitability of stocks and strategies for customers, and stock selection.

Expert Witness Experience:
Consulted on cases, constructed damage assessments, and testified for many attorneys, names on request. Helped with arbitrations, names upon request. 
N.A.S.D. Arbitrator Panelist number 32451.
NYSE Panelist.
Member: Forensic Expert Witness Association. 
B.S., Rider University, Lawrenceville, N.J.

Licenses:
General Securities Representative, Series 7; Branch Office Manager, Series 8; Uniform Agent State Law, Series 63; Uniform Investment Advisor Law, Series 65.
Author, How to Be An Index Investor (2000) and The Nasdaq Investor (2001), both books published by McGraw-Hill.  The Index Investor espouses an enhanced index approach, a blend of active and index-core management.  The Nasdaq Investor helps investors profit and cut down on risk in this dynamic new market by using various strategies.  Wrote an investment column for The San Francisco Examiner.  Type in my name on any search engine to browse my books, articles and speeches throughout the Internet.

Professional Experience:

1998 to Present -- Institutional Department, East/West Securities.  Service and provide research for clients such as Bank of Ireland Asset Management, Templeton Investors, Schroders, Morgan Stanley Asset Management.  Send research to plan sponsors such as City of San Francisco Retirement, New York Retirement, D. C. Retirement Board.  Also manage fee-based accounts and broker individual accounts.

1997 -- 1998: McClurg Capital, San Francisco.  Investment Advisor, broker, and consultant.  Managed and brokered private accounts and was a consultant for firms in their investor relations needs, including writing informational reports.

1993   1997:  Investment Advisor and broker for private and institutional accounts with Wedbush Morgan Securities and other firms.

1991 -- 1993: Vice President, The Bank of California.  Consulted and sold fee-based money management to customers and prospects of the bank.  Sold bonds and other securities to individuals and institutions.

1984 to 1991:  Institutional and individual broker for Montgomery Securities, Merrill Lynch, and other firms after moving to San Francisco.  Also attended classes at San Francisco State University and UC Berkeley Extension, and free-lanced as a consultant and writer, writing articles for publications such as  Investment Technology News.

1980 to 1984: SG Cowen.  Broker and office manager, Houston.  Helped build and then managed an office of about thirty-five brokers, including having supervisory responsibility.  Also oversaw an institutional unit.  The office grossed over $1.0 million a month.

1975 to 1980: Vice President, Lehman Brothers, Houston.  Broker, handling individuals and institutions.

1965 to 1973: Financial Consultant, Merrill Lynch, Houston, Texas.  Stock and bond broker, handling individual and institutional accounts.

Speaking appearances:
The Society of Securities Analysts; IBC Closed-End Fund Congress, New York City; FTSE Global Index Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, and other places.  Frequent commentator on television and radio, including CBS MarketWatch, Tech TV, Bloomberg, and CBS affiliates in San Francisco, and Chicago.
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