Chad Weaver is the office chair of Freeman Mathis & Gary’s Orange County office and practices in the downtown Los Angeles office. Mr. Weaver is a trial attorney with a focus on representing Financial Institutions and related service providers. He chairs the firm’s Financial Services practice section and also serves on the firm’s Executive Committee.

Mr. Weaver’s practice centers on disputes and regulatory matters before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the California Department of Corporations and the California Department of Insurance. He has substantial experience representing securities broker dealers, registered representatives, investment advisors and insurance agents in an array of civil and regulatory disputes. His extensive financial and accounting knowledge is invaluable in litigating a variety of business litigation involving intellectual property, unfair business practices, lost profit damage cases, business dissolutions, real estate claims, trademarks, copyrights and other business disputes.

He also represents a variety of other officers, directors and miscellaneous professionals in Professional Liability for breach of duty claims including corporate officers, accountants, mortgage brokers, real estate professionals and insurance agents.

Mr. Weaver graduated law school in the top 7% of his class and as a member of the Order of the Coif. He also received the CALI Award for Excellence in the Study of Securities Regulations. During law school, Mr. Weaver served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Sheila Prell Sonenshine, California Court of Appeals and also worked with the United States Attorneys Office, Civil Division.

Mr. Weaver is a member of the State Bars of California and Florida, the Financial Services Institute (FSI), and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).

In his free time, he enjoys outdoor activities, especially surfing, scuba diving, fishing and snowboarding.