Expert witness - Consultant in arbitration & litigation involving securities, insurance and annuities, nationwide. Testifying in 301 arbitrations (700+ retentions) before FINRA, NASD, AAA, NYSE, PSE with 72 mediations in AK, CA, OR, AZ, HI, ID, TX, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MO, NM, NV, OH, NY, GA, TN, UT, WA, WV & FL. Mr. Dinehart, RFC, has qualified & testified as a Securities Industry Expert before the Los Angeles, Fresno & Orange County State Courts plus as an Insurance Industry Expert before the State Court of Nevada & serves as a FINRA arbitrator. Services are provided for both claimants (65%) & respondents(35%).

Common/preferred stocks, corporate, municipal and junk bonds, IPO’s, mutual funds, variable/equity-index annuities, life insurance/VUL, L.P.’s, hedge funds, REITS, TIC's, sub-prime mtges., options, CMO'S, REMICS, TINTS, auction-rate, mortgage backed securities & Rule 144 private stock offerings, private securities, reverse convertibles & other structured products and IRS 72(t) problems. P&L's/damage calculations provided.

Testifying as to suitability, fiduciary duty, due diligence, underwriting & supervision, overreaching, churning, "selling away", over-concentration, unsuitable asset allocation, intentional and negligent misrepresentation, promissory fraud, modern portfolio theory analysis, standard deviation, Sharpe ratio, stock manipulation, best execution, margin, mark-ups &-mark-downs, on-line trading, employee termination disputes, RIA activities, control person liability, “financial suicide”, reverse churning, 401-K administrator and trustee responsibilities, standard-of-care, industry custom and practice plus compliance.

• MEMBER, FINRA. BOARD OF ARBITRATORS #A30388
  Panel Chairman - NASD # 99-03001 - April 2000
• Silber Bennett Financial, Inc. - Series 7, 24 , 27*, 63, 65, 79,
  life insurance & variable contracts (CA #0643601), real estate*

*previously held

• California State College at Los Angeles (B/A -1958 - Speech & Communication)
• American Institute of Banking School of Finance & Taxation - Graduate - Los Angeles District Chapter

• Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
• Professional Counsel, TASA
• Practising Law Institute - Panelist, Marketing Compliance - 1972 - R/E Syndication
• Real Estate Review - Published article - Fall - 1972;
• Panelist & Speaker-Annual Seminar for Securities Brokers 2000 - 2002 sponsored by Registered Representative & On Wall Street magazines
• Publications:
  
  • The Register (IARFC)
  • The Advisers Network, Winter 2002
  • PIABA Convention Speaker & Article, Fall 2003
• International Association of Registered Financial Consultants (IARFC)
• AAII
• Life Member - American Institute of Banking (AIB)

• Carlsberg Securities Corporation - 1969 to 1982
  • Branch Manager - Securities
• Westfield Capital Corporation - 1982 to 1986
  • Branch Manager - Securities
• Boardwalk Capital Corporation - 1987 to 1990
  • Vice President
  • Chairman - Corporate Finance Committee (due diligence)
  • Marketing Compliance Officer for 200 registered representatives
  • Acting Branch Manager
  • President - Registered Investment Advisor & Director of Recruiting
• Eric Equities, Inc. - 1992 to 1999
  • Branch Supervisor
• Locust Street Securities - Insurance & Annuity Sales - 1999 to 2000
• Empire Securities Corporation - January 2001 to January 2010
  Home Office Principal & Director of Advertising Compliance
• American Independent Securities Group, LLC - 2010 to 2011
  Registered Principal & Compliance Consultant
• Silber Bennett Financial, Inc. - August 2011 to Present
  Registered Principal & Compliance Consultant
• Financial Education Network Development - 1990 to Present
  Owner & Founder
  Financial planning firm providing educational seminars for corps, nationally with arbitration & expert witness services provided

• Bank of America - 1959 to 1965
  • AVP - Corporate Finance
• Union Bank - 1965 to 1969
  • VP - Manager of Business Development - So. California

• L.E. Cooper & Associates 1959 - 1965
  • Tax Accountant
• Carlsberg Insurance Agency - 1975 - 1982
  • President