Investment Fraud & Securities Lawyers

• Do you believe the financial losses suffered by you or someone you care about are the result of the mismanagement of investment accounts by a financial advisor or FINRA Brokerage Firm?
• Was your business or retirement plan the victim of negligent or conflicted investment counsel, or other wrongdoing?
• Do you want to sue your financial advisor, stock broker or Broker/Dealer?

Often, investors are oblivious to the true reasons for or causes of their financial losses, mistakenly attributing their losses to the ebbs and flows of the market, unaware that they are working with a conflicted firm broker and or advisor who has put their own greed or interests ahead of their clients' needs, thus breaching their fiduciary duties. When issues or disputes develop between investors and their broker and/or investment firm, figuring out what the options are and deciding which one is best for a particular situation can feel overwhelming and intimidating. Let our team of distinguished and well-regarded stockbroker fraud lawyers and staff work on your behalf to recover your retirement savings, your financial security. It has been the mission and focus of our law firm for over 30 years. We've helped thousands of investors in situations similar to yours and we can help you. SSEK has filed over 2,000 FINRA arbitrations. Few firms can say that. Few firms have been around long enough and focused securities litigation. We live and breath FINRA rules and SEC or Securities Exchange Commission regulations.

We have assisted investors across the U.S., including Puerto Rico, as well as throughout the world, including countries throughout South and Central America, Mexico, Europe, and Asia.

Many of our clients, both individual and institutional, are referred to our FINRA attorneys and Securities (SEC) law firm by their personal lawyer, accountant, or new financial advisor.

"Besides helping the retail investor, our firm has vast experience in representing corporate or other business entities, Credit Unions and other financial institutions, and Municipalities in conflicted underwritings and investment counsel"

Samuel Edwards, Partner and Past President of PIABA

It may include theft, lying and deceit, but it also includes other types of wrongdoing, such as churning, unauthorized transactions, unsuitable investments and other acts of greed, incompetence and negligence by stockbrokers, financial planners, and others in the securities industry. Learn more about common forms of broker misconduct.

There are regulations and laws written to protect investors. Securities regulators "police" the securities industry and issue fines and suspensions. To recover their losses investors must file claims for recovery. Statistics demonstrate that they are far more likely to recover if they are represented by experienced securities lawyers . Since investors sign account documents at brokerage firms which almost always contain binding arbitration clauses, most claims against brokerage firms must be resolved in securities arbitration instead of court. Learn more about securities arbitration.

Our primary goal is to represent investors who have lost their savings and retirement when their brokerage accounts were mishandled . Our investment and securities fraud attorneys have represented thousands of clients nationwide who were victims of misrepresentations, commission churning, unsuitable investments, unauthorized transactions, execution failures, excessive mark-ups, disappearing funds, botched transfers, web-broker outages, "selling away" from firms, unregistered brokers, unregistered securities, improper margin liquidations, broker bribes, fraudulent research, "boiler room" sales practices, private placements and other wrongful acts. Those cases were concerning stocks, bonds, "penny" stocks, "junk" bonds, options, warrants, commodities, mutual funds, REIT's, limited partnerships, derivative securities and other investments. We have also handled other types of cases for investors and minority shareholders. More about our firm.

Click here to learn why the SEC doesn't help defrauded investors and why you need to hire a securities fraud attorney to help you recover your losses.

Click here to learn about common mistakes that investors make when interacting with brokers after they suspect something is wrong.

Click here if you want to know how retirees are targets for unethical money managers. Here is some information about annuities, a prime investment product sold by stockbrokers in recent years partly because of the large commissions the sales generate.

Location of arbitrations by state.

"As a former series 7 licensed stockbroker and financial advisor I have seen the good and bad side of the industry. Most financial advisors are decent people. Often times they are led astray by their own brokerage firm. There have been many instances where the brokerage firm has lied to both the client and the financial advisor. Also, your trusted advisor may simply have been negligent and not done the proper due diligence. Obviously, there are situations where your broker was just thinking of himself. Regardless of which scenario occurred, if you were wronged, you need to seek redress. It's not your fault your advisor was misled by his own employer, and we can always not name the broker in the FINRA lawsuit if that is needed."

Kirk Smith, Partner

The first thing to know about our consultation, besides being free, is that it is completely confidential.

The lawyers at Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas have dealt with injured investors over the past three decades and are aware of the fragile state someone can be placed into when they have been taken advantage of by a trusted financial or investment advisor.

Every detail of your ordeal and every document shared will be kept in the strictest confidence. No matter how complex or document-intensive your potential case may be, you will not be charged a single penny for your review and consultation.

The last thing an investor who has lost a lot of money wants to do is pay more money to someone they just met over the phone. We get it!

Our securities lawyers at Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas will diligently review your file free of charge.

The reason you can be assured we will assess your case thoroughly is that we work on a contingency basis. This means that if you, as the consumer, do not get paid for any losses we can recover, then we do not get paid.

Unless you want to negotiate a separate deal, you will never have to write our investment fraud attorneys a check or wire us a penny. In all candor, most people that contact us do not turn into clients. We are diligent and selective. Rest assured if our securities law firm chooses to work with you, it is because we see a big light at the end of the tunnel.

We view every case filed as a partnership of sorts. We are thoroughly involved in the process with our clients and are there with you every step of the way. Our securities fraud attorneys want to win, for the benefit of our clients and for our own track record which we take seriously.

We work to get our clients the best settlements or wins because the more you make, the more we make.

In reviewing case documents, our policy is always the more the better. Send us every document you have that you believe is remotely pertinent. We will sift through and organize everything. That is our job.

We want to make it easy for you to work with us. In this modern age of scanning and email, prospective clients can send us documents from all over the country and internationally. If you are old fashioned and want to mail us your documents, that is fine too.

We have offices throughout the United States and we are committed to fighting for investors who have been wronged by their financial advisors and broker-dealers. Our securities attorneys and staff stand ready to field your calls, emails, or chats. Please contact us online for your free consultation or call us at (800) 259-9010.