Loaded for Bear

James W. “Wes” Christian is loaded for bear, and after five years he may just have lit on the best method for hunting it. Speaking in a telephone interview, the lawyer delivers his buckshot in a southern drawl. He accuses his opponents of “selling artificial shares” and “rigging short selling.” He bemoans the fate of the “poor buyer who paid hard money” for stocks only to see their value evaporate. He charges the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, a target of some of his lawsuits, with being a lapdog of investors “owned by Wall Street.”