Atty. David P. Meyer

• David P. Meyer is the founder and managing principal of the Meyer Wilson Werning law firm
• David is a financial fraud attorney with more than twenty-five years’ of experience in federal and state trial courts and arbitration cases, representing clients from all over the world
• David has the honor of winning a record-breaking $261 million class action jury verdict against Prudential Securities on behalf of 200 retirees
• David filed the class action lawsuit back in 1999 when he was 29 years old
• After a seven-year court battle against Prudential, including two appeals, every one of the retirees in the class action recovered 100% of their losses and their attorneys’ fees
• Since that case, over 1,500 individual investors from around the world have trusted David and his team with their investor claims
• The firm has recovered more than $350 million on behalf of its clients in verdicts, judgments, and settlements
• As further demonstration of David’s strong leadership, experience, and strong reputation, he has been elected to lead three separate plaintiff bar associations, including the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association (PIABA), the national association of lawyers who represent individual investors in cases of financial advisor misconduct
• and the Ohio Association for Justice, Ohio’s statewide trial bar association of over 1,000 trial lawyers
• David is the author of the Amazon #1 Best-Seller, The Investor Protector
• Stories of Triumph of Financial Advisors Who Lie, Cheat and Steal
• He wrote the book to help prevent hard-working retirement savers from becoming victims of investment fraud and to share his experiences of cases he has handled over the past 20+ years
• The book is available on Amazon
• Following the release of the book, more than a dozen podcast hosts invited David as a guest to talk about the book and his career as an investment fraud lawyer
• David continues to receive the highest recognition from the legal community
• He was once again awarded “Lawyer of the Year” in his practice area and location by Best Lawyers® for 2026 and has been recognized by “Best Lawyers” and “Super Lawyers” from 2011-2026
• Also, U.S
• News once again selected Meyer Wilson Werning as a Tier 1 “Best Law Firm” for 2026
• Published Material #1 Best Selling Book: The Investor Protector, Stories of Triumph Over Financial Advisors Who Lie, Cheat and Steal, Lioncrest Publishing, 2021
• Available on Amazon
• FINRA Arbitration’s Persistent Unpaid Award Problem: PIABA Report David P. Meyer, Co-Author, 2021 Study and Report on FINRA Expungements: A Seriously Flawed Process That Should Be Fixed Now to Protect The Integrity of the Public Record On Behalf of PIABA and the PIABA Foundation David P. Meyer, PIABA President, Co-Author, 2021 The Aftermath of a Ponzi Scheme Collapse: Liability of Brokerage Firms
• The Aftermath of a Ponzi Scheme Collapse: Liability of Brokerage Firms David P. Meyer, PIABA President, Co-Author Ohio Association of Justice 2014 Partial Listing of Speaking Engagements by David P. Meyer, Esq.: “Technology-Driven Success: Managing a Law Firm with Smart Technology”, Speaker Ohio Association for Justice, January 2025 “Opening Statements and Closing Arguments in FINRA Arbitration”, Speaker 2024 PIABA Annual Meeting and Securities Law Seminar, October 2024 “Winning the Final Hearing in FINRA Arbitration”, Speaker 2023 PIABA Annual Meeting and Securities Law Seminar, October 2023 “Securities Arbitration – Staying Ahead of the Curb: Hot Topics and Future Trends” Practicing Law Institute, September 2021 “Ohio Securities Fraud”, Featured Speaker Ohio Annual Securities Conference, October 2018 “Two Top Minds Battling About Selling Away Cases,” Moderator Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, Annual Convention, October 2016 “Preventing Stockbroker Misconduct and Pursuing Investor Claims” Ohio State Bar Association, Webcast Presentation, May 2015 “Ponzi Scheme Loss Recovery: Statutory Aiding and Abetting Claims” Ohio Association for Justice, 2015 Annual Convention, May 2015 “Civil Liability under State Securities Laws” Ohio State Bar Association, Webcast Seminar, April 2015 “Getting Personal with Securities Litigation in 2014” Featured Presenter, New York University Stern School of Business, New York City, April 2014 “Stockbroker Malpractice and Securities Arbitration”, Featured Speaker, Warren County Bar Association CLE Seminar, March 2013 “Stockbroker Fraud and Securities Arbitration”, Presenter Columbus Bar Association, December 2012 “Third Annual CBA/COAJ Trial Skills Institute”, Moderator Columbus Bar Association, November 2012 “Investor Claims” Ohio Association for Justice, Winter Convention, Cleveland, November 2012 “Fallout from Securities Fraud: Options for Recovery” Annual Ohio Securities Conference, Ohio Division of Securities, October 2012 “Stockbroker Malpractice and Securities Arbitration” Lake County, Ohio, Bar Association Presentation, October 2012 “When Investment Portfolios Fail: Holding Stockbrokers and Investment Counselors Accountable” West Virginia Association for Justice Annual Convention, June, 2012 “Stockbroker Malpractice and Securities Arbitration” Ohio Association for Justice Annual Convention, May, 2012 “Investment Scams Targeting the Elderly” Columbus Bar Association – Chester Institute, 2011 “Stockbroker Malpractice and Securities Arbitration” Annual Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Institute: Dayton Bar Association, 2010 “Stockbroker Malpractice” Annual Litigation Seminar: Central Ohio Association for Justice (COAJ), 2010 “Mandatory Securities Arbitration of Customer Claims against Brokerage Firms” Panel Member, Ohio Division of Securities’ Annual Securities Conference: State of Ohio Division of Securities, 2009 “What are the Pros and Cons of Class Arbitrations: Plaintiffs’ Perspective” Ohio Class Action Summit (sponsored by the law firm of Porter Wright), 2008 “Stockbroker Malpractice” West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 2007 “Stockbroker Malpractice” Stark County (Ohio) Elder Law Seminar, 2006 “Stockbroker Malpractice” Seminar: Lancaster (Ohio) Estate Planning Group, 2005 “Variable Annuities: Financial Exploitation of the Elderly” Elder Law Update

Annual Convention

• Ohio State Bar Association, 2005 “Consumer Class Actions: In the Wake of New Federal Class Action Law” Negligence Seminar
• 2005 Annual Convention: Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2005 “Stockbroker Malpractice” Addressing Certified Public Accountants, Columbus, Ohio, 2004 “Stockbroker Malpractice” Seminar: American Association of Individual Investors, 2004 “Stockbroker Malpractice” Cleveland (Ohio) Bar Association ( Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association), 2003