Douglas R. Jennings
Securities Litigation:
Securities Litigation
Restrictive Covenants, Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition

I treat my clients as equal partners. When your business or professional reputation is on the line, you should expect to be involved and informed at every stage of the case. 

• Practice focused on representation of the financial services industry and its agents and representatives in state and federal court, industry arbitration, and before regulatory agencies.
• Represents broker-dealers and their registered representatives before FINRA arbitration panels.
• Represents registered representatives and investment advisors in enforcement and licensing proceedings before state, federal and industry regulators.
• Prosecutes and defends actions brought by broker-dealers and insurance companies to enforce restrictive covenants or protect trade secrets.
• Joined Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP in 2001.
• Subsequently employed as Assistant General Counsel at Nationwide Insurance in Columbus, Ohio.
• Re-joined Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP as a partner in 2010.
• Graduate of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, with honors.
• Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Ohio, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
• Member of the Columbus, Ohio and American Bar Associations.
• Doug is a lifelong resident of Upper Arlington, where he resides with his wife, Sharon, and their two children.