Albert Copeland is an attorney whose practice focuses on representing investors in Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitrations. He is a graduate of Furman University and the University of Alabama School of Law. While in law school, Albert was particularly committed to trial advocacy. As a member of the National Trial Advocacy Competition Team, he traveled across the country participating in criminal and civil law tournaments.

Upon graduation, Albert began his legal career as an associate attorney at a regional defense firm in Birmingham, Alabama where his practice focused on general liability litigation. He then worked with Copeland Franco Screws & Gill, P.A. where his practice included advocating for public investors in FINRA arbitrations as well as assisting a nationally ranked accounting and advisory firm in professional liability litigation matters.

Albert is an active member of the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association (PIABA), which is an international bar association whose members represent investors in disputes with the securities industry. Albert currently serves as co-chair of PIABA’s Young Member Section, and he joins the association in their mission to advocate for equal access to justice for investors and to promote fairness in the rules governing dispute resolution for investor claims against securities and commodities brokerage firms, registered investment advisory firms, and their associated representatives.

Albert and his wife, Adelaide, live in Birmingham, Alabama. Together they enjoy traveling, cooking, and spending time with family and friends. Albert and Adelaide attend the Church of the Advent in downtown Birmingham.

Publications:

• An Overview of BrokerCheck and the Central Registration Depository
  • Christine Lazaro and Albert Copeland, Public Investors Advocate Bar Association Journal (2021)
• To Pay or Not to Pay, That is the Question: Addressing the Expert Deposition Preparation Expense Question in Federal Court.
  • Defense Research Institute (For the Defense)  Feb 2020
• Operation Cryptosweep: The Alabama Securities Commission is Setting the Bar in Cryptocurrency Crackdown, The Alabama Lawyer, Vol. 80, No. 4 (July 2019).
  • Albert Copeland, The Alabama Lawyer, Vol. 80, No. 4  Jul 2019

Presentations:

• Facebook Libra: Federal and Global Regulatory Issues for the Planned Internet of Money (Webinar)

Alabama Defense Lawyers’ Association (ADLA)  December 12, 2019

• Survey of Federal and State Securities Regulatory Issues in Digital Currencies

Attorneys Insurance Manual of the South (Webinar)  September 26, 2019

• Regulatory and Cybersecurity Overview of Digital Currencies

International Society of Primerus Law Firms (Southeast Regional Meeting)  January 25, 2019