About Our Law Firm
 Professional
Experience
Mr. Canning has been practicing law since 1990. Since
1994, he has devoted most of his practice to representing
investors with claims against stock brokers, financial
planners and registered investment advisors, in court
and in arbitration.
Mr. Canning has also represented individual brokers in
regulatory investigations, and in employment disputes with
brokerage firms.
Memberships
State Bar of California
Wisconsin State Bar
Humboldt County Bar Association
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA)
Education:
Law School:
University of California, Hastings College of the Law: J.D.,
1990. Graduated in top third of class. Member of
the Moot Court Board and a technical editor for the Hastings
Constitutional Law Quarterly
Undergraduate:
University of Texas, Dallas: B.G.S., 1981; graduated cum
laude
Admitted to Practice
All state courts in California and Wisconsin; U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; U.S. District
Courts for the Northern District of California and for
the Central District of California
Published Decisions & Articles:
Broadcort Capital v. Dutcher, 859 F.Supp. 1517
(S.D.N.Y. 1994)
Petrie v. Pacific Stock Exchange 982 F.Supp.
1390 (N.D.Cal. 1997)
Reed v. MSC, 106 Cal.App.4th 1359, 131 Cal.Rptr.2d
524 (2003)
Fiduciary Duty in California, PIABA Bar
Journal, December 2000.
Panelist, Choice of Law in Arbitration, PIABA
California Mid-Year Meeting, February, 2003
Panelist, Elder Abuse Remedies in Securities
Arbitration, PIABA California Mid-Year Meeting,
February, 2004
Panelist, The Problem Arbitrator, PIABA
California Mid-Year Meeting, March 2005
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