ABOUT US David Tilkin is a litigation support and expert witness specialist with over 20 years of experience in the securities industry and over ten years experience in the compliance software industry.  David has supervised hundreds of brokers and scores of branch managers in his tenure at both Smith Barney and Wachovia Securities.  David currently maintains a Series 65 license and has previously maintained a Series 63, 7, 8, 4 and insurance licenses.  David’s brokerage participation included management, recruiting, training, sales leadership, administrative and compliance support. David has been providing litigation and expert witness services at varying degrees since 2000 when David left Wachovia Securities to start Protegent.  The Tilkin Group has been singly involved with litigation support and providing expert witness services since 2008.  The efforts of the Tilkin Group have supported both private practice attorneys litigating against the securities industry and supported the efforts of financial service firms in their defense of claims.  David has testified in numerous cases around issues of suitability, supervision, raiding and sales practice.  David has published numerous articles on the issues of suitability, supervision and financial services software.