About Our Firm

Shepherd, Smith, Edwards & Kantas is a leading securities law and investment fraud law firm located in Houston, Texas. With many locations, we practice securities law and serve clients both nationally and internationally. Our highly experienced securities attorneys are dedicated to providing the best legal services possible.

• Breach of Fiduciary Duty
• Churning
• Failure to Supervise
• Financial Product Failures
• Institutional Investor Claims
• Investment Loss Recovery
• Misrepresentation
• Non-Traded REITS
• Omissions
• Overconcentration
• Professional Trader Claims
• Unsuitability

If you or anyone you know has been a victim of stockbroker or financial advisor misconduct and have suffered great financial losses, contact our team today and let our securities law firm handle your case.

Shepherd, Smith Edwards & Kantas is an experienced, trusted, and reliable FINRA law firm for securities and SEC litigation, and investment loss recovery from brokerage firms and financial advisors. There is no fee for our service unless we recover money for you! Contact our securities lawyers today for a free consultation.

Our firm has a team of securities attorneys, consultants and others with more than 100 years of combined experience in the securities industry and in securities law. Since 1990, we have represented thousands of investors nationwide to recover losses. We have represented clients in Federal and state courts and in arbitration through The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the New York Stock Exchange Inc. (NYSE), the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and in private arbitration actions.

We have helped clients recover monies through negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation. More than 90% of those who have engaged our services have recovered all or a portion of their losses. We have represented clients in approximately 1,000 matters in court, arbitration and/or mediation in Albany, Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Augusta, Baltimore, Bismarck, Boise, Boston, Burlington, Charleston, Charlotte, Cheyenne, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Hartford, Helena, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Jackson, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Lexington, Lincoln, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Louisville, Manchester, Miami, Mexico City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Montpelier, Nashville, Newark, New Orleans, New York City, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburg, Portland, Providence, Rapid City, Raleigh, Richmond, St. Louis, San Diego, San Juan, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, Wichita, Wilmington, and other cities nationwide. When necessary, we team with securities attorneys in our client’s hometown or state at our expense.

We have also served many international clients, particularly from Latin America. FINRA Rules governing the jurisdiction of U.S.-based brokerage firms require that international clients with brokerage accounts at FINRA registered firms must file all claims for relief in arbitration cases at locations within the United States.

Members of our firm have more than 100 years of combined experience in the securities industry and in securities law. Our securities attorneys have each received a law degree from an accredited law school. The founder of our firm also earned an advanced law degree (LLM) in Securities Regulations from Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C. Most of our attorneys also worked as licensed securities brokers at major brokerage firms, some serving as vice president and/or in supervision and compliance at those firms. Most of the members of our staff and consultants also worked at investment and brokerage firms and many of them were also licensed representatives and/or supervisors. Collectively, the members of our team have worked for dozens of securities firms, including almost every major brokerage firm on Wall Street.

Our firm has a team of security attorneys, consultants and others with more than 100 years of combined experience in the securities industry and in securities law. Since 1990, we have represented thousands of investors nationwide to recover losses. We have represented clients in Federal and state courts and in arbitration through The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the New York Stock Exchange Inc. (NYSE), the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and in private arbitration actions.