Attorney Profiles

Peter Mougey

• Shareholder
• Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A.
• Pensacola, Florida
• Phone (local): (850) 435-7000
• Phone (toll free): (888) 435-7001
• Fax: (850) 435-7020
  
  
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Peter J. Mougey is an investor advocate and former President of the national securities bar association PIABA (“Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association”). He is a shareholder with the Pensacola, Florida, law firm of Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor and is head of the Securities Department. Mr. Mougey concentrates his practice in the areas of securities arbitration and litigation as well as complex business litigation. His nationwide practice includes the representation of more than twenty state and municipal pension funds in various investment disputes. In addition, he has represented more than a thousand securities fraud victims in state and federal court and securities arbitrations across the country.

Mr. Mougey frequently lectures at securities and continuing legal education programs on issues confronting the securities industry including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, Broker-Dealer Regulation, Structured Finance, Discovery in Securities Arbitration, and Quantitative Modeling to Demonstrate the Viability of Asset Allocation Proposals. He was a member of FINRA’s Arbitrator Training Task Force and presented investors’ perspectives under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act to the SEC. In addition, he is also qualified as a public arbitrator with FINRA. Mr. Mougey is a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of PIABA, an international organization of attorneys dedicated to the advancement of investors' rights in the securities industry, and has served as Chairman of PIABA’s NASAA Committee and Improving Arbitration Task Force. Mr. Mougey is frequently quoted in the national press on securities matters, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Los Angeles Times, Barrons, Kiplinger, Business Week, and Investment News.

Mr. Mougey received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, majoring in Finance, from Creighton University. He earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Portland and graduated from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law.

In addition to his practice, Mr. Mougey is also active with several charities and his local community. He serves as President for the Association of Retarded Citizens (“ARC”) and is Chairman of several ARC committees. He was given the ARC President's Award as Volunteer of the Year for 2006. He has also taught an economic business simulation class for an area high school on behalf of Junior Achievement, serves on the Board of Directors for his church, and is on the Cabinet for the United Way. In 2003, Mr. Mougey was selected to participate in Leadership Pensacola.

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Areas of Practice:

• Securities Arbitration and Litigation
• Commercial
• Antitrust
• Construction Litigation

Bar Admissions:

• Florida
• Alabama
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

Education:

• Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1999
  J.D.
• Creighton University, 1991
  B.A. Finance
• University of Portland, 1995
  M.B.A.

Honors and Awards:

• President's Award Recognizing Volunteer Efforts, 2007
• Selected to Leadership Pensacola, 2003 - Present
• Junior Achievement, economics instructor, 2006 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Florida Bar
• Member, Trial Lawyers Section
• Alabama Bar
• Member, Trial Lawyers Section
• Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association
• Member
• Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, 2006 - Present
• Member, Board of Directors
• Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, 2003 - Present
• Member, Annual Meeting Committee
• Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, 2004
• Member, Discovery Abuse Committee
• Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, 2005 - Present
• Co-Chairman, Arbitrator Recruitment Committee
• Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, 2002 - 2004
• Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division
• American Bar Association
• Member
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Securities Division
• Member
• Inns of Court
• 1999 - 2002; 2006 - 2007
• Association of Retarded Citizens, 2004 - Present
• Member, Board of Directors
• Association of Retarded Citizens, 2008 - Present
• Vice President
• Association of Retarded Citizens, 2008 - Present
• chairman, Personal Committee
• Association of Retarded Citizens, 2006 - Present
• Member, Executive Committee
• Association of Retarded Citizens, 2004 - Present
• Member, Finance Committee
• Association of Retarded Citizens, 2006 - Present
• Chairman, Business Advisory Committee
• St. Anne Church, 2003 - 2007
• Co-Chair, Adult Fair Formation
• St. Anne Church Board of Directors, 2007 - Present