News & Events – Bates News

We are pleased to introduce Bates Group's newest experts & consultants: Jacqeuline Bloink, Ben Cooper, Craig Hurwitz, Lynn Jones, Jan Kostyun and W. Scott Simon.

Bates Group is proud to welcome Clay Grumke, our newest litigation, regulatory and internal investigations consultant and expert. Look for Clay at SIFMA's Compliance & Legal Society St. Louis Regional Seminar on June 12th, 2018.

Continuing our coverage of FINRA’s 2018 Annual Conference, regulators and firm compliance professionals participated in discussions in a session titled “Common Examination Findings and Effective Compliance Practices.” The regulators offered a look into problem areas firms continue to face and common examination deficiencies.

The discussion offered insight into FINRA’s evolving approach to regulatory and compliance management. Bates Research has the details.

Bates Group Leaders and Experts will be participating in two events coming up Thursday, May 31, 2018. Joseph Thomas, Bates Director and Elder Expert, will be speaking at SIFMA’s Investor Protection Workshop in Minneapolis, MN, while Bates Managing Director Susan Harper will moderate a New York State Bar Association panel discussion on "#MeToo: How to Navigate Sexual Harassment in the Workplace."  Appearing on the panel is Michael Putetti, Bates Group Labor & Employment Consultant and Expert.

Join Bates as we co-sponsor the NYC Bar Association’s White Collar Crime kickoff reception, Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 6:30 PM. Meet Bates CEO Jennifer Stout and Directors Sejal Patel and Beth Finkle to learn about our Financial Crimes Practice.

Bates Group is pleased to announce that William (Bill) A. Johnstone, the immediate past Chairman of D.A. Davidson Companies, has joined the Bates Group Board of Directors.

“We are very excited that Bill has joined our Board,” said Bates Group Chairman Rob Lee. “His leadership and success at growing and managing world-class financial services companies and law firms makes him an ideal Board member for Bates.”

Join Robert Lavigne, Managing Director, Bates Compliance Solutions as he walks us through a 20-minute webinar focusing on the 2018 SEC-OCIE Exam Priorities and what compliance professionals should be focusing on now.

Bates Group is pleased to introduce our new experts and consultants: Michael Conn, Will Freebing, Mike Putetti and Art Sims.

Bates Group is pleased to introduce our new experts and consultants: David Gibbons, Allen Margolius, Robert Morris, Daniel Perkins, Ricardo Ramos and Lloyd Wennlund.

Ronald H. Filler is a Bates Group affiliate expert witness in the area of financial services law.  He has 35+ years of experience in the futures/derivatives/securities industries and is a frequently requested speaker on trading and market regulation, both nationally and internationally.  We are pleased to share Professor Filler’s upcoming 2018 publication and presentation and recent 2017 published articles and speaking engagements.

Bates Group is proud to introduce our newest experts: Perry Chesney, Tim Durno, Jeff Holik and Kevin Neal.

Why do people commit fraud? This short video explores how pressure, opportunity and rationalization — called the Fraud Triangle — can come together to influence an individual to commit fraud.

Bates Group is a proud supporter of International Fraud Awareness Week, November 12-18, 2017.

Bates Consulting and Testifying Expert Dr. Shane Shook will be a featured speaker at an upcoming webinar titled Cybersecurity Threats to Banks and Financial Institutions: What to Know and What to Do, on November 30, 2017 from 12-1 p.m. EST. This complimentary CLE webinar is presented by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP.

Bates Group joins hundreds of organizations who have partnered with ACFE, one of the largest anti-fraud organizations, for their yearly Fraud Week campaign. 

According to Geoff Winkler, Bates Group’s Director of Fraud and Forensic Investigations, “No one is immune from fraud, as it affects every industry in both our business and personal lives.”

During Fraud Week, Bates Group will be sharing infographics, articles, videos and other information on batesgroup.com and on social media to promote fraud awareness, education, and prevention. 

Bates Group is pleased to announce that Michael Bernardo, Bates Group Managing Director, Compliance Solutions, will be a featured speaker at the 2017 Securities Symposium, sponsored by Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. and The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, on Wednesday, November 8, 2017.

David Zweighaft (CPA/CFF, CFE) is a New York-based Fraud Subject Matter Expert with over twenty-five years’ experience serving the legal and financial services communities as both a consultant and expert witness. He is the author of the recent article “Business email compromise and executive impersonation: are financial institutions exposed?”, which appears in Volume 18 Issue 1 of the Journal of Investment Compliance (published by Emerald Publishing Limited in the UK).