Western Colorado Broker Fraud Attorneys
Our Ridgway Broker-Dealer Negligence Law Firm Is Here To Fight For Investors
At Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com), we know how catastrophic it can be to suffer serious investment losses for any reason and especially if one of those causes is the wrongful or negligent actions of your stockbroker. It is why we have spent over 30 years exclusively representing investors against financial firms. With our Western Colorado broker fraud law offices conveniently located in Ridgway, we work with novice investors, retirees, senior investors, sophisticated investors, high-net-worth investors, and institutional investors throughout the state.
What Is Stockbroker Fraud and Why Do You Want Our Savvy Colorado Stock Fraud Attorneys By Your Side?
Broker fraud is what happens when your financial advisor breaks a securities law, breaches their fiduciary, or engages in some type of negligence and causes you, their client, to suffer portfolio losses. When this happens, you may be able to sue the stockbroker and their brokerage firm for damages.
Common Examples of Stockbroker Fraud:
- Stealing or misappropriating money from an investor
- Making unsuitable investment recommendations
- Excessive trading in a customer’s accounts for the purpose of earning more commissions
- Overconcentrating a client’s portfolio by investing too much of their money in one security or asset group.
- Misrepresenting or omitting the risks (or other material facts) involving a particular investment strategy or financial product
- Failing to properly diversify a customer’s portfolio
- Not following a customer’s instructions
- Making unauthorized trades in an investor’s account
- Failing to disclose conflicts of interest
- Poor portfolio management
Proving that your investor losses are due to broker-dealer fraud can be very difficult, and you would be hard-pressed to find a financial firm that is going to readily admit to wrongdoing and will pay you damages without a fight. That is why you needed trusted Ridgway, CO stockbroker negligence lawyers working with you.
Not only can Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas help you assess whether your investor losses are, in fact, due to broker fraud, but also, if we agree to work together we can help you sue your financial advisor for damages while protecting your legal rights.
Why You Need Experienced Ridgway, CO Broker Fraud Attorneys That Represent Investors In FINRA Arbitration
These days, if you want to file a broker-fraud lawsuit, you will likely have to do this in Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration. That is because you probably signed a pre-dispute arbitration agreement in which that is the type of forum where you said you would be willing to go to resolve such disputes. Because this is different from going to court, you want skilled Western Colorado Broker Fraud Attorneys that understand this type of legal venue and are familiar with the strategies you will need if you want to maximize your chances of receiving full damages.
With decades of experience representing investors against brokerage firms in arbitration, mediation, and litigation, we have collectively recovered many millions of dollars for thousands. When you retain our Ridgway stock fraud lawyers, you aren’t just hiring one of us, you will be working with our entire Western Colorado team of securities attorneys, legal assistants, consultants, and others who are committed to providing you with personalized service and attention. Not only will we conduct a thorough investigation into what caused your losses and file a complete complaint about the facts and allegations, but also we will provide you with robust representation before the panel of arbitrators.
More than 90% of our clients have received full or partial financial recovery with our help. We have the manpower and the resources to see an investor’s securities fraud claim to its conclusion. Because we work on a contingency basis, you will only pay us legal fees if we recover damages for you and that money will never come directly out of your own pocket.
How To Contact Our Western Colorado Broker Fraud Attorneys:
(970) 239-7085 or (800) 259-9010. You can also reach us online.
Our Ridgway – Western Colorado Broker Fraud Attorneys:
241 S. Elizabeth Street, #500
Ridgway, Co 81432