Current Employment Position(s)

President, Director, Managing Partner

Lawyer Overview

Barton S. Sacher is President and a founding director of the Firm, and manages the Litigation group. His principal areas of practice are corporate and securities law, including litigation, investigations and white collar crime. In these areas, he represents public companies, broker/dealers, banks and other financial institutions.

Mr. Sacher's expertise in securities law results from 30 years of practice handling significant federal and state court litigations, arbitrations, and enforcement proceedings in both private practice and government service. Mr. Sacher was Chief of Investigations and Enforcement for the SEC regional office in Atlanta from 1979-1985, and he managed the SEC's most complex enforcement investigations and litigation in the Southeast. Mr. Sacher's experience with the SEC began in Washington, D.C. as an attorney and trial counsel in the Division of Enforcement. From 1977-1979, he worked on legislation (the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Right to Financial Privacy Act), directed enforcement programs involving banks and holdings companies, and was also responsible for several significant SEC enforcement actions, which established nation-wide precedents.

After receiving his J.D. in 1973, Mr. Sacher served as law clerk to the Honorable Sam C. Pointer, Jr., U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama. From 1974-1977, Mr. Sacher was an associate at Berkowitz, Lefkovitz & Patrick, concentrating on securities class action, receivership and general commercial litigation.

In early 1986, Mr. Sacher returned to private practice in Miami. A partner in Tew Jorden Schulte & Beasley, he handled multi-million dollar litigations for banks, broker/dealers, public companies, insurance companies and major shareholders.

Mr. Sacher has established an exceptional courtroom record in the numerous high profile, multi-million dollar litigations and trials he has handled.

Born in Birmingham, Alabama on April 9, 1948, he graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Business Management (1970), and a Juris Doctor degree (1973). As a law student, he was Articles Editor for The Alabama Law Review and appointed to Order of the Coif, among various other honors. He was also recognized in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, and was elected President of the Alabama Student Union as a junior in 1967.

Mr. Sacher is admitted to practice before the following courts: the Supreme Court of the United States, Alabama and Florida; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Fourth, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuits; and numerous U.S. District Courts. He is also a member of several state and national bar associations, including the Alabama, D.C. and Florida Bars; the American Bar Association (Sections on Litigation and Corporate, Banking and Business Law); and the Federal Bar Association (Committees on Banking, Federal Practice ands Elections), among many other professional groups.

In his personal time, he has taught law courses at the Emory University School of Law, and currently lectures on securities fraud and ethics issues at several law schools throughout the Southeast. A former officer and member of the Board of Trustees of Temple Israel of Greater Miami, where he was active on the Membership and Finance Committees, he currently serves as a member of the Temple's Advisory Council and as its representative to the Union for Reform Judaism. He is also a Trustee member of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Regional Board of the Anti-Defamation League, and a former member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Alexander Muss High School in Israel.

In addition, Mr. Sacher is a member of the Democratic Leadership Council and the Finance Committee of the National Democratic Party.

West Practice Categories

Arbitration, Estate Planning, Family Law, Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate Law, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Regulatory Enforcement, Securities Law, Collaborative Law

Bar Admissions

• Alabama, 1973
• District of Columbia, 1978
• Florida, 1987

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Dade County Bar Association (Member)
• Brevard County Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member, Securities Law and Governmental Litigation Subcommittee)
• The Florida Bar (Member)
• Alabama State Bar A (Member)
• District of Columbia Bar (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Listed in Who's Who in American Law, 1990 - Present
• Who's Who in America's Emerging Leaders, 1992 - Present
• Who's Who in America, 1998 - Present

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor of Law, Emory Law School, 1981 - 1985

Past Employment Positions

• Branch of Investigations and Enforcement, Securities Exchange Commission, Atlanta, Regional Office, Chief, 1979 - 1985
• SEC Division of Enforcement, Washington, District of Columbia, Attorney and Trial Counsel, 1977 - 1979
• Hon. Sam C. Pointer, Jr., United States District Judge, Northern District of Alabama, Law Clerk, 1973 - 1974

Education

• The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1973
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  
  Law Review: Articles Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1972 - 1973
• University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1970
  B.S., Bachelor of Science
  Honors: Phi Eta Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi

Published Works

• An Overview of the Panoply of Remedies Available to an Aggrieved Plaintiff Under SEC Rule 10b-5, Cumberland Law Review 429, 1977
• The Uniform Ala-Con-Sub-Act: An Appraisal, 24 Alabama Law Review 491, 1972

Address

1401 Brickell Ave, 7th Floor
Miami, FL 33131

Phones

(305) 371-8797

Faxes

(305) 374-2605

Emails

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Websites

http://www.sacherzelman.com