About
Allan J. Fedor received his undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Cum Laude from Gannon University and a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. Mr. Fedor's Juris Doctorate is from the University of Akron where he was a member of both the law review and the moot court team. He has taken and passed several bar exams and has thereby been admitted to practice law in Florida, California, Hawaii and Ohio.
In 1969, he underwent 11B10 Infantry Training at North Fort Polk, Louisiana. In 1970, he was commissioned as a U.S. Army Infantry Officer after completing Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. Later, after completing law school, he reentered military service as a trial counsel with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corpsi. While with the 25th Infantry Division, he tried hundreds of cases.
After leaving the Army, Mr. Fedor practiced extensively in securities and investment matters in San Francisco and in California's "Silicon Valley" and in Florida.
He has represented numerous parties in securities arbitrations and litigation. He has been called as an expert witness on securities fraud and financial issues in arbitrations and in civil and criminal court.
Mr. Fedor was the general counsel for a publicly traded computer company.
He has served on the faculty of The Practicing Law Institute and has conducted continuing education and training seminars for lawyers, CPAs, financial planners and securities arbitrators. He has served on the panels of securities arbitrators for the National Association of Securities Dealers, New York Stock Exchange, National Futures Association, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and American Arbitration Association.
He has been involved in venture capital deals, private and public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, drafting of disclosure documents, securities class actions, regulatory reporting and related state and federal securities filings.He was involved in the drafting of merger and acquisition prospectuses, annual reports and SEC filings. He is the author of the California Business Incorporation legal system software and a contributing author to Drafting Agreements For the Sale of Businesses published by the California Continuing Education of the Bar.
Throughout his life, Mr. Fedor has volunteered to help others. He manned a suicide crisis hotline and was a Big Brother. He has been an active volunteer with both the VA Hospice and the Suncoast Hospice. As a veteran he served on the local Fisher House Foundation and has also worked with veterans in the community and those being treated by the Veterans Administration. He has been an American Legion Honor Guard Captain and Chaplain and has conducted numerous funeral services for veterans, some of them homeless and without any family or friends to attend their burials. He was a "Call-a-Ride" volunteer where he drove disabled veterans and others to doctor's appointments. Mr. Fedor has been a veteran mentor with the Veteran's Treatment Court and has volunteered with the MANNA Food Bank. As a Veterans Administration Accredited Attorney, he has helped and represented other veterans pro bono.
He has served as an international election observer and has participated in many election observations in Eastern bloc and former Soviet countries such as Ukraine [including Crimea, Kiev, Sevastopol, Donetsk, Venezia and other places taken over by Russia], Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Georgia, Moldova and others.
His hobbies include downhill skiing, hiking, fishing, traveling, Zumba and Hip Hop dancing and home beer brewing.