| Miles D. Hart is a founding shareholder of Saretsky Hart Michaels & Gould PC. He specializes in civil litigation, with primary emphasis within the securities industry, whether sales practice, employment or regulatory related matters. Miles is also an experienced commercial litigator whether in state or federal court.
Miles represents national and international securities firms in a variety of fora, including federal and state court, arbitration, mediation, and in regulatory matters before the SEC and/or FINRA. He has extensive experience defending claims involving fraud, misrepresentation, churning, and the federal and state securities laws in virtually every type of securities vehicle. Miles has handled nearly 1000 securities related matters and represented securities clients in more than 100 arbitrations through award in 15 states before the FINRA, NASD, NYSE, AAA and in other private fora as well. Over the course of his career, claimants have been awarded less than 3% of their claimed damages for matters in which Miles represented the respondents.
Miles also serves as an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA -- formerly the NASD and NYSE), a case evaluator appointed by the Oakland County District and Circuit Courts, and has been privately retained to serve as mediator in securities disputes across the Midwest. In 2006 and 2008, Law & Politics chose Miles as a Michigan Super Lawyer in the Securities Litigation practice area. The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory has awarded him its highest legal ability and ethical standards rating (AV - very high to preeminent).
Miles also has extensive experience in the enforcement of employment agreements containing restrictive covenants providing for the confidentiality of trade secret information, non-competition and non-solicitation. He frequently appears for immediate injunctive relief hearings in federal and state courts throughout the country.
Miles is admitted to practice law in Michigan and Illinois. He has been admitted to practice on a pro hac vice basis in numerous other jurisdictions. He is also admitted in the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, the Northern District of Illinois, the Central District of Illinois, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 11th Circuits.
In 1986 Miles graduated from the James Madison College at Michigan State University with an emphasis in Urban Community Policy Problems and he received his Law Degree from Wayne State University Law School in 1990. Prior to forming Saretsky Hart Michaels & Gould PC, Miles spent his entire legal career first as an associate and ultimately as an equity shareholder at Hertz, Schram & Saretsky, P.C. Prior to his legal career, Miles served as a Michigan Business Ombudsman where he advocated on behalf of business entities from within state government. He has previously served the community on the City of Novi's Board of Review; ALS of Michigan, a non-profit organization devoted to assisting individuals and families struck with Lou Gehrig's disease, as a Board Member; and low income residents with free legal services through the City of Southfield Legal Aid program.
|