Charles Zandford v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Incorporated John P. Graner, in His Individual and Representative Capacities

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge:

Charles Zandford appeals an order of the district court confirming an arbitration award against him on claims he made against his former securities dealer employer, Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc. (Pru-Bache). He claims that the court erroneously compelled arbitration of disputes that he was not contractually bound to arbitrate. We affirm.

I

Zandford began work as an account executive for Pru-Bache in May 1983. As a condition of his employment with Pru-Bache, Zandford filed a “Form U-4, Uniform Application for Securities Industry Registration,” which both…