Mealey's (February 13, 2020, 2:29 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal district court did not err in ruling that a convicted securities fraudster failed to sufficiently show that he received ineffective assistance of counsel before, during and after his conviction on 21 criminal counts in connection with his operation of an alleged securities fraud scheme, a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 12 (United States of America v. Robert G. Bard, No. 18-cr-3754, 3rd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 4437)....