Millions of dollars has been recovered amongst our clients in negotiations, mediation, arbitration and litigation. During this time, we have represented clients in arbitration matters in Albany, Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Bismarck, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Lexington, Lincoln, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Louisville, Nashville, Miami, Mexico City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa and other cities. If necessary, we team with attorneys in the client's state at our expense.
We handle many international clients, particularly from Latin America, and have won many of those cases. Because of NASD Rules governing the jurisdiction of U.S.-based brokerage firms, international clients having brokerage accounts with NASD-registered firms must file their arbitration cases in the United States.
Brokerage Firm and Investment Experience
The firm’s members collectively have over a century of combined experience in the securities industry and in securities law. Our attorneys each received a law degree from an accredited law schools, while our founder also earned an advanced law degree (LLM) in securities from Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C.. Most of our attorneys also worked as licensed brokers at major brokerage firms, some serving as vice president of those firms and/or in compliance. Most of our staff has also worked for brokerage firms and many of them were also licensed brokers or supervisors. Collectively, the members of our team have worked for several of securities firms, including almost every major brokerage firm on Wall Street, for a combined total of more than a hundred years in the industry.Click here to learn more about our securities attorneys and staff.
Attorneys at our firm have served as media and Congressional consultants - and more!
Over the years, legal commentary and analysis by current and/or former attorneys at our firm have been sought and featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Minneapolis Star Tribune, New York News, New York Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Orlando Sentinel, Time Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, American Lawyer, National Law Journal, Legal Times, Crain's Chicago Business, National Post (Canada), Financial Times of Germany, Dow Jones Newswires, Reuter's, Associated Press, Bloomberg News, Agence France Presse, and numerous other publications and media services.Legal interpretation and analysis by current and/or former attorneys at our firm were highlighted on NBC's Today Show and Nightly News, ABC's World News Tonight, Public Broadcasting Service's Nightly Business Report, CNNfn's Money Gang, CNNfn's StreetSweep, CNBC's Business Center, CNBC's Sqawk Box, National Public Radio's All Things Considered, National Public Radio's Morning Edition, Fox News Channel's Your World With Neil Cavuto, CBS Marketwatch, The Street.com, Forbes.com, MSNBC, the BBC, CBS radio and numerous other media outlets.
Commentary and advice by members of our firm regarding securities arbitration, problems in the securities industry, as well as concerning pending litigation has been sought by Members and Committees of both the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives. Such commentary and advice has been furnished to the Office of the President of the United States as well as to a number of candidates for that office. We have also been requested to speak before various audiences on such issues in forums including through the U. S. Department of Agriculture, various legal bar associations and in legal continuing legal education programs.