Kurtis J. Ward, 43, has spent the last twenty years in the brokerage industry as a commodity futures broker, including time as a stock broker, financial advisor, mutual fund broker-dealer, and registered investment advisor.

His commodities and securities registrations have included: Series 3 Commodity Futures Representative, Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA), Series 7 General Securities Representative, Series 24 General Securities Principal, Series 63 Uniform Securities Agent, Annuities License, and Series 65 Registered Investment Advisor.

Now a lawyer, Kurtis devotes his law practice to representing investors nationwide who have investment-related disputes with Wall Street firms, independent broker-dealers, investment advisors, banks, commodity brokerages, and other financial services companies.

He is also an Arbitrator with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and the National Futures Association (NFA) and has served as an Arbitrator on several Securities Arbitration cases. He is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Kansas Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA).

In Law School, Kurtis received the CALI AWARD for outstanding academic achievement in Securities Regulation and was a member of Phi Delta Phi. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Agricultural Economics.

Kurtis writes and speaks on a variety of investment related issues as well as American History and Constitutional Law topics.