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Richard S. Heller, Esq.
heller@shufirm.com
212.688.5900 ext. 230

Practice Areas

Securities Transactions including Public and Private Offerings
Broker-Dealer and Investment Advisor Registrations and Compliance
State Securities or "Blue Sky" law
Hedge Fund Formation and Compliance
Securities and Business Arbitrations and Commercial Litigations

Richard S. Heller is one of the founding partners of Shustak Jalil & Heller and heads the Firm's Securities Compliance Department. He is resident in the Firm's New York Office

Mr. Heller specializes in securities matters, including the preparation of documents relating to public offerings as well as the Securities and Exchange Commission and state "Blue Sky" filings that pertain to public and private offerings, offshore offerings pursuant to Regulation S, hedge fund formation and compliance matters.

In addition, Mr. Heller has an active securities arbitration practice handling Arbitrations for public investors throughout the country.

Mr. Heller serves as a "lawyer's lawyer" and provides state securities, "Blue Sky" advise and expertise to a number of national law firms. He has formed and registered hundreds of Broker-Dealers with the National Association of Securities Dealers Regulation ("NASDR"). His other area of expertise includes extensive work defending registered representatives before the NASDR.

His client base is diverse and ranges from major insurance companies in asset-backed public offerings to IPO's and small offerings of developing companies.

Mr. Heller has served three times on the Securities and Exchange Commission's Business Forum on Small Capital Formation which has published recommendations to the White House. He is a Director and Vice President of the New York City Council of the Navy League of the United States and is a member of the "Fleet Week" Dinner Gala Committee for the Intrepid Museum in New York City.

Background:
Mr. Heller began his legal career in New York in 1979 when he became associated with Cahill Gordon & Reindel, where he became an expert in state securities or "Blue Sky" law. He then joined Fried Frank Harris and Jacobson, where he created and headed that firm's Blue Sky Department. He thereafter was a founding member of Krassy & Heller, the country's first boutique "Blue Sky" law firm. Thereafter, he became a founding member of Shustak Jalil & Heller.

Education:
Rutgers College; B.A. 1974 with Distinction in American Studies – History
Wake Forest University School of Law; J.D. 1978; member of the Wake Forest Law Review.

Honors:
-Author, "Advertising By Attorneys", 14 Wake Forest Law Review 160, 1978
-Judge Edwin Stanley Intramural Moot Court-Semi Finalist

Professional Associations:
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association

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