Professional Insights

Susan Boudrot is currently President of Susan M. Boudrot Consulting LLC. She was formerly the Global CCO of TD Ameritrade. Prior to TD Ameritrade, she ran her own successful consulting practice. She previously was CCO of Fidelity Personal & Workplace Investments, Vice President in Compliance at Charles Schwab, CCO and General Counsel at Brown &

Sandra Dawn Grannum is a Partner in the Business Litigation Group at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, where she serves on the Firm’s governing board and she is co-chair of the Firm’s nationwide Securities and Financial Services Litigation Team. Sandy is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and concentrates her practice

In 1970, Skip Keesal founded the law firm of Keesal, Young & Logan, which now has offices in Long Beach, San Francisco, Seattle, Anchorage, and Hong Kong; specializing across a very broad range of practice areas. Skip has tried more than 250 cases in 17 different states, including approximately 75 jury trials. Based his extensive

Ira Hammerman oversees all legal and compliance related activity at SIFMA, including comment letters, litigation and regulatory relationships. He has been intimately involved with SIFMA’s regulatory advocacy on a wide range of issues impacting the capital markets, including its advocacy on efficient and effective SRO Reform, and its pursuit of a best interest standard of

Drawing on her unique combination of experience as a regulator and in-house counsel, Emily Gordy handles a wide range of compliance and enforcement issues affecting broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies, and municipal securities dealers. Emily has extensive expertise in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and in other regulatory areas, including supervision, suitability, disclosure, books and records, municipal

At the forefront of the securities field, Brian Amery has handled thousands of securities matters and has tried to conclusion more than 125 securities claims in numerous arbitration forums, and state and federal courts. Brian has successfully managed mass litigations involving thousands of cases, collaborated with clients to develop nationwide litigation strategies, and often times,