Courtney M. Werning Esq.

Overview

Education

• Legal Education

  • Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio, 2012
    J.D.
    Honors: Moot Court
    Honors: Pro Bono Legal Volunteer

Current Employment Position(s)

• Principal

Past Positions

• Franklin County Municipal Court, Intern
• Federal Public Defender's Office for the Southern District of Ohio
• Ohio State University Office of Legal Affairs
• Parliament of Canada

Classes and Seminars

• Guest Lecture For Miami University
  
• Protecting Clients from Investment Scams: What Every Small Firm Needs to Know myLawCLE, November 2025
  
• Protecting Senior Investors: Rules, Regulations, and Firm Responsibilities in Detecting and Preventing Fraud PIABA Annual Meeting, October 2025
  
• Regulation Best Interest and Fiduciary Duty Claims PIABA Annual Meeting, October 2025

Published Works

Articles

• Understanding Investment Adviser Disclosure Requirements: What Are You Not Seeing? PIABA Bar Journal, Volume 29, 2022
  
• Arbitration of Investor Claims in an Industry-Sponsored Forum – A Look Back at 20 Years of Lessons Securities Arbitration Alert, October 2022
  
• Raising the Bar to Expunge Broker Complaints: From the Claimants Attorney’s Perspective Ohio Securities Bulletin, December 2018
  
• Ohio Securities Act: The Need for Modernization of Civil Liability Remedies Central Ohio Associate of Justice, 2018
  
• The Aftermath of a Ponzi Scheme Collapse: Liability of Brokerage Firms; The Aftermath of a Ponzi Scheme Collapse: Liability of Brokerage Firms Ohio Association of Justice 2014
  
• Is the Bull Market Covering up Losses Caused by Stockbroker Misconduct? Ohio Association of Justice, 2014

Other Affiliations

• Order of the Curia
• Order of the Barristers
• Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA)
• Central Ohio Association for Justice (COAJ)
• Ohio Association for Justice (OAJ) (Member)
• Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA)
• FINRA National Mediation and Arbitration Committee (member)