Expert witness - Consultant in arbitration & litigation involving securities, insurance and annuities, nationwide. Testifying in 331 arbitrations (700+ retentions) before FINRA, NASD, AAA, NYSE, PSE & JAMS with 85 mediations in AK, AZ, CA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MO, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, TN, TX, UT, WA & WV (No charge for direct/non-stop air flight time). Mr. Dinehart, RFC, has been qualified & has testified as a Securities Industry Expert before the Federal & State Courts in California 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, bonds, IPO’s, mutual funds, variable/fixed index annuities, life insurance/VUL's, L.P.’s, LLC’s, hedge funds, REITS, TIC's, options, REMICS, mortgage backed securities & private stock offerings. P&L's and damage calculations provided.

Testifying as to suitability, fiduciary duty, due diligence, underwriting & supervision, overreaching, churning, selling away, over-concentration/asset- allocation, modern portfolio theory analysis, stock manipulation, best execution, margin, options, mark-ups, mark-downs, on-line trading, RIA activities, control person liability, “financial suicide”, reverse churning, standard-of-care, industry custom and practice plus compliance.

• MEMBER, FINRA REGULATION, INC.. BOARD OF ARBITRATORS #A30388 - Panel Chairman - NASD # 99-03001 - April 2000
• Silber Bennett Financial, Inc. - Series 7, 24, 27*, 63, 65, 79 & 99 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

• Thomson Reuters (TREWS)
• FindLaw.com
• Jurispro.com
• Professional Counsel, TASA
• C.C.C.
• Ca-Experts.com
• Infofaq.com
• Exify.com
• YahooB2BLaw
• Forensis Group
• Securities Experts Roundtable
• Practising Law Institute - Panelist, Marketing Compliance - 1972
• R/E Syndication; Money Magazine - January, 2006; 10/2014
• PIABA Bar Journal, "The Scorecard, A Checklist for Due Diligence"
• Real Estate Review Published article - Fall - 1972
• The Register (IARFC) Summer 2002; The Advisors Network, Winter 2002;
• Panelist & Speaker-Annual Seminar for Securities Brokers 2000-2003
  sponsored by Registered Representative Magazine & On Wall Street magazines
• Speaker-Panelist & Article, PIABA Conventions, October 2003 & February 2004
• KFWB Radio, November, 2003
• International Assn. of Registered Financial Consultants (IARFC),
• AAII - Life Member
• American Institute of Banking - Pasadena District Chapter (AIB)
• Adjunct Faculty Member - Westlaw Round Table Group
• 2004 published articles – www.expertlaw.com. – Palos Verdes Tennis Club
• PIABA Bar Journal Volume 21, No. 2 - 2014 – "A Checklist for Reasonable Due Diligence – The ScoreCard"
• PIABA Convention Speaker & Article, Fall 2003

• Carlsberg Securities Corporation - 1969 to 1982 **
  • Branch Manager - Securities
  • V.P. Marketing - Securities - Insurance - R/E syndication
  • Registered Principal Due Diligence and Compliance
• Westfield Capital Corporation - 1982 to 1986 ***
  • V.P. Marketing - Securities - R/E syndication
  • Branch Manager, Due Diligence & Compliance
• Boardwalk Capital Corporation - 1987 to 1990
  • National Sales Director
  • Marketing Compliance Officer - Full service, independent financial planning broker/dealer
  • Chairman of due diligence committee, licensing and recruiting for 200 registered representatives
  • President - Registered Investment Advisor
• Financial Education Network Development - 1990-2001
  • Owner & founder of a financial planning firm providing educational retirement, financial planning seminars for 401-K participants of corporations, nationally
  • From 1995 to the present, the firm has added an emphasis upon expert witness activities, along with 10 arbitrator assignments since 1999 & 4 awards
• Eric Equities, Inc. - Securities, Annuities & Insurance - 1992 to 1999
  • Branch Supervisor
• Locust Street Securities - Life Insurance & Annuity Sales - 1999 to 2000
• Empire Securities Corporation - January 2001 to January 2010
  Home Office Principal & Director of Advertising Compliance
• AISG - American Independent Securities Group, LLC - 2010 to 2011
  Registered Principal & Compliance Consultant
• Silber Bennett Financial, Inc. - August 2011 to Present
  Registered Principal & Due Diligence & Director of Advertising Compliance

• Bank of America - 1959 to 1965
  • AVP - Corporate Finance - National Division
• 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