John R. Kiefner, Jr.
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Email: jkiefner@kiefnerlaw.com

Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Administrative Law; Securities Arbitration; Securities Offerings; Arbitration; Mediation; Business Arbitration; Business Associations Law; Business Dissolutions; Business Enterprises; Business Formation; Business Fraud; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Regulation; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Torts; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Law; Complex Business Litigation; Emerging Business Law; Emerging Growth Companies; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Joint Ventures; Limited Liability Company Law; Private Business Law; Privatization; Professional Practices; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Commercial Arbitration; Commercial Fraud; Commercial Liability; Commercial Mediation; Commercial Torts; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Transfers; Sale of Goods; Commodities; Commodities Arbitration; Commodities Finance; Commodities Fraud; Commodities Futures; Commodities Regulation; Consumer Arbitration; Consumer Collections; Consumer Credit; Consumer Credit Compliance; Consumer Finance; Consumer Fraud; Consumer Litigation; Consumer Protection; Consumer Rights; Fair Credit Reporting Act; Breach of Contract; Commercial Contracts; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; Closely Held Corporations; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Ethics; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Corporate Finance; Corporate Formation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Investigations; Corporate Litigation; Corporate Organization; Corporate Partnerships; Corporate Planning; Corporate Reorganization; Corporate Trusts; Corporate Workouts; Family Corporations; Incorporation; Nonprofit Corporations; Professional Corporations; S Corporations; Public Corporations; Small Business Corporations; Tender Offers; Fraud; Capital Markets; Consumer Financial Services; Derivative Products; Emerging Markets; Financial Services Law; Financial Services Regulation; Foreign Investment in the United States; Hedge Funds; Institutional Investment Law; International Venture Capital; Investment Company Law; Investment Fraud; Investment Management; Investment Partnerships; Investment Regulation; Mutual Funds; Private Equity; Syndication; Trust Investment; Venture Capital; Age Discrimination in Employment; Confidentiality Agreements; Covenants Not To Compete; Employee Discipline; Employee Rights; Employer Intentional Torts; Employer Liability; Employer Rights; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Claims; Employment Contracts; Employment Defense; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employment Mediation; Employment Rights; Employment Termination; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Executive Employment Law; Executive Severance Contracts; Executive Transfers; Fair Employment Practices; Fair Labor Standards; Harassment; Human Resources Law; Labor Arbitration; Labor Law; Management Employment Law; National Origin Discrimination; Negligent Hiring; Noncompete Litigation; Agreements; Personnel Training; Reductions in Force; Restrictive Covenants; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Unfair Labor Practices; Whistleblower Litigation; Wrongful Termination; Wrongful Termination Defense; Business Acquisitions; Business Divestitures; Leveraged Acquisitions; Leveraged Buyouts; Merger Reorganization; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mergers and Acquisitions Finance; Spin-Offs; Negligence Defense; Bank Securities; Blue Sky Law; Broker-Dealer Arbitration; Broker-Dealer Registration; Broker-Dealer Regulation; Government Securities; Securities; Initial Public Offerings; Insider Trading; International Securities; Mortgage Backed Securities; NASD Arbitration; New York Stock Exchange Arbitration; Private Placement; Private Placement Syndication; Public Offerings; SEC Enforcement; Securities Arbitrage; Securities Class Actions; Securities Consumer Arbitration; Securities Disclosure; Securities Finance; Securities Fraud; Securities Fraud Arbitration; Securities Fraud Class Actions; Securities Investor Protection Act; Securities Registration; Securities Regulation; Shareholder Agreements; Shareholder Derivative Actions; Shareholder Disputes; Shareholder Rights; Shareholders Law; Tax Exempt Securities.

Admitted: 1971, Florida, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th, 11th and District of Columbia Circuits

Law School: Stetson University, J.D., 1971

College: Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1968

Member: St. Petersburg, Federal, American and Inter-American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; District of Columbia Bar.

Biography: Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Scabbard & Blade. Member, Stetson Law Review, 1970-1971. Adjunct Professor, Stetson University College of Law, 1983-1985. Regional Trial Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. Regional Office, 1971-1982. Appointed to Board of Governors, Grievance Committee, The Florida Bar. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)

Military: Capt., USAR, 1968-1976

Born: Peoria, Illinois, May 31, 1946

ISLN: 905899402