Experienced witness. Series 7, 8 (9-10), 24. OSJ since 1985. Wirehouse, bank, and independent BD experience. Retail brokerage expertise.

Forensic economics, finance, antitrust, statistics. Corporate business practices. Securities, futures. Mutual, Hedge and Managed Futures Funds. Strong academic credentials, extensive experience.

21 years of investment experience in investment advice,portfolio management,evaluating individual securities and mutual funds also experience as a manager.

Served as financial advisor to publicly held corporations. Assessed valuations of 2,241 $1 billion public corporations, including Barclays Bank, Panasonic, and Nintendo.

Mr. Onefater has worked in the investment management industry his entire career in various roles including as a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and a Chief Operating Officer for a $19 billion investment management firm, and as a National Hedge Fund Director and Partner of a “Big” 4 Professional Services Firm in New York. He was also the Chairman of the Board of a proprietary mutual fund family. Mr. Onefater and Constellation Investment Consulting Corp. consults primarily to the investment management industry with a particular focus on investment advisors, mutual funds and alternative investment products including hedge funds and private equity funds, and service providers to the industry including fund administrators, custodians, prime brokers and other industry stakeholders.

Former Principal and Compliance officer; Arbitration panel member, chair, and witness; former Chair NASD District 3 DBCC; Investigative, Analytical, and Writing skills. P&L Analysis/Illustrations.

With over 25 years at Merrill Lynch as an FA, branch office & district manager, & FVP of the Office of Investment Performance, his expertise, credibility, and knowledge is second to none.

Expert Witness/Consultant in litigation and arbitration involving securities, life insurance and annuities.  311 arbitrations since 1990 before the NASD, FINRA, AAA, NYSE, JAMS, PSE and 75 mediations.  He has qualified and has testified as a Securities Industry Expert Witness before both Federal and State Courts in CA.

While in New York I had an extensive background with Merrill Lynch; compliance experience, arbitration experience with knowledge of securities, annuities, arbitration, and much more.  My group of expert witnesses, mostly retired Merrill Lynch attorneys and line managers, in addition to myself, offer case preparation and expert testimony in almost all areas of the securities industry. In addition, many of our experts are arbitrators themselves. We also possess annuity and life insurance expertise which is unique to testimony candidates. Analytics can be provided by Secure Financial Services. We will work with either claimant/respondent in case preparation and testimony.  Extensive background with Merrill Lynch; compliance experience, arbitration experience with knowledge of securities, annuities, arbitration, and much more.

Securities, Futures, Derivatives Expert Witnesses. 20+ yrs as consultants in investment and trading litigation. Broker/customer disputes-stocks and bonds, options, commodity futures, currency trading.