Alan is a securities lawyer and a partner of the Rosca Scarlato LLC law firm. He also teaches Securities Regulation at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University and is a speaker and author on Ponzi schemes, fraudulent investment programs, and cryptocurrency fraud.
Alan focuses his legal practice on class actions, complex commercial and financial litigation, and arbitration, particularly in the areas of securities and investment fraud. His other areas of interest are ERISA, mass torts, privacy and data collection, employment cases, and international disputes.
Alan often represents individual and institutional investors who suffered losses as a result of fraud, Ponzi schemes, stockbroker misconduct, and other securities rule violations. He has initiated class actions on behalf of thousands of investors nationwide who lost their savings because of investment fraud or misconduct. He has co-counseled cases with attorneys across the country, from class actions to FINRA arbitrations and receivership actions.
Alan has represented investors in nearly every state in the United States and in over 60 countries around the world, in cases arising out of fraudulent investment programs.
Juris Doctor, Summa Cum Laude, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2008 (GPA 3.76 out of 4).
Master of Business Administration, Baldwin Wallace University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2001 (GPA 3.97 out of 4).
While in law school, Alan served as a Managing Editor of the Cleveland State Law Review, received the Dean’s (full) scholarship for the entire Juris Doctor program, was on the Dean’s List, and won the “Best Oralist” award in the Jessup Moot Court competition, Pacific Region. He passed the Ohio Bar exam in top 1%, with the highest grade in the state to the multi-state (federal law) section.
Juris Doctor, Summa Cum Laude, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
Adjunct Professor of Securities Regulation, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law