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Peter J. Mougey

Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor, P.A.

Phone: 850.435.7000
Fax: 850.435.7020

316 South Baylen Street, Suite 600
Pensacola, Florida 32502


www.levinlaw.com

 

Peter J. Mougey is a shareholder with the Pensacola, Florida law firm of Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor and is head of the Business Torts Department. Mr. Mougey concentrates his practice in the areas of securities arbitration and litigation as well as commercial, antitrust, and construction litigation. His nationwide practice includes the representation of several state and municipal pension funds in various investment disputes. In addition, he has represented more than a thousand securities fraud victims in state and federal court and securities arbitrations across the country.

He frequently lectures at securities and continuing legal education programs and seminars on issues of broker-dealer supervision, discovery in securities arbitration, measuring damages in securities arbitrations, standard deviation in securities cases, monte carlo simulations, annuity abuse, and misuse of B Shares by the brokerage industry. Mr. Mougey is a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association ("PIABA"), an international organization of attorneys dedicated to the advancement of investors' rights in the securities industry.  Mr. Mougey serves on several PIABA committees, including the Annual Meeting Committee, Arbitrator Recruitment Committee, and the Discovery Abuse Committee. Mr. Mougey is also qualified as a public arbitrator with the securities industry dispute resolution forum. (“FINRA”).

He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, majoring in Finance, from Creighton University.  While working for Sequent, Inc., a Fortune 500 technology company, he earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Portland in Oregon. After his graduate work, Mr. Mougey worked with KSL Fairways, Inc. as the marketing and sales district manager for five championship golf courses throughout the panhandle of Florida.  He graduated from Samford University 's Cumberland School of Law.

In addition to his practice, Mr. Mougey is also active with several charities and his local community.  He serves on the Board of Directors for ARC (Association of Retarded Citizens) as Vice-President and President elect and is chairman of several ARC committees. He was given the ARC President’s Award as volunteer of the year for 2006. He also teaches an economic business simulation class for an area high school on behalf of Junior Achievement; serves on the Board of Directors for his church; and is on the Cabinet for the United Way. In 2003, Mr. Mougey was also selected to participate in Leadership Pensacola.

Wall Street Journal
Peter Mougey quoted in WSJ article "Arbitrator Out of Work? Call Finra"

Barrons
Peter Mougey quoted in Barrons article "Taking Aim at the Brokers"

Pensacola News Journal
Pension Funds Pursue Merrill Lynch - Peter Mougey advocates for investors rights

InvestmentNews
Morgan Keegan faces mass of bond fund claims

BBC
Story of a sub-prime mortgage

Los Angeles Times
Front page article quotes attorney Peter Mougey on retiree nest egg investment fraud

Business Week
quotes attorney Peter Mougey on brokers selling toxic debt to seniors

The American Trial Lawyer
publishes article by Peter Mougey on financial abuse by Morgan Keegan brokers

Indianapolis Business Journal
interviews attorney Peter Mougey over Merrill Lynch firing broker after theft allegations

Business Week
quotes attorney Peter Mougey on brokers epidemic 'why work' pitch

Independant News
talks to Peter Mougey about Morgan Keegan fund meltdown

Kipilinger's Retirement Report quotes Mougey on retiree brokers' use of fraudulent sales pitches

South Florida Business Journal quotes Peter Mougey on securities class actions