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Feb 1, 2021

Columbus, Ohio Attorney Who Sues Stockbrokers Who Made Unsuitable Investment Recommendations

Did David Miller Cause You Investment Losses? David Miller of Columbus, Ohio was named in a FINRA complaint that alleged he made negligent misrepresentations and omissions of material fact in connection with customers’ purchases of UITs. FINRA alleged that Mr. Miller recommended 140 UIT purchases totaling over $5.3 million in 129 customer accounts without having a reasonable basis to make the recommendations, in violation of FINRA Rules 2111 and 2010. During the relevant time period, Mr. Miller was registered as a General Securities Representative (GSR) with The Huntington Investment Company (Huntington). The FINRA complaint originated after Huntington filed a Form U5 disclosing that Mr. Miller had “violated industry standards of conduct.” Upon investigation, FINRA found that Mr. Miller engaged in a pattern of recommending unsuitable UITs without having a reasonable basis for the recommendations, causing his customers to lose a total of $1,019,656.83. According to FINRA, Mr. Miller did not “undertake reasonable diligence to ensure he adequately understood the features and risks of the UITs before recommending them.” Mr. Miller allegedly recommended UITs with portfolios consisting of the common stock of closed-end investment companies (known as “closed-end funds” or “CEFs”). UIT prospectuses disclosed that some CEFs invested in below investment-grade securities and speculative junk bonds which subjected them to greater risks. Additionally, FINRA found that Mr. Miller failed to disclose material facts to eight customers in connection with separate UIT purchases resulting in losses totaling $171,464. For violating FINRA Rules 2111 and 2010, Mr. Miller was barred from association with any FINRA member, ordered to pay $799,161.07 in restitution and pay a fine of $15,161.54. Do You Need An Attorney Who Sues Stockbrokers Who Made Unsuitable Investment Recommendations? Ohio has thousands of stock brokerage firms and investment advisory offices. With so many stock brokerage firms and investment advisory offices, comes the potential for their stockbrokers, financial advisors, and other representatives to recommend unsuitable securities investments in light of the customers stated investment objectives, risk tolerance, financial condition, time horizon and other important factors and to engage in many other kinds of stockbroker fraud and stockbroker misconduct which violates Federal and Ohio securities laws and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rules and stock brokerage firms policies and procedures. Experienced Unsuitable Investment Lawyers Who Handle FINRA Arbitrations Throughout Ohio and Nationwide. Are you an Ohio investor who has suffered significant losses in your stock brokerage and investment accounts? Did they recommend unsuitable securities transactions or strategies? Broker-Dealer attorneys always argue to the arbitration panel the securities transactions (buy, sell or hold) and/or strategies to engage in short selling, trade on margin, use securities based lending and complex option or futures trading strategies were suitable for the customer. They routinely misrepresent the customers’ investment objectives, risk tolerance and financial condition on account documents. Suitability claims can be based upon the stockbroker or investment advisor’s fiduciary duty, duty to use reasonable care, or FINRA Rule 2111. If you believe that your stockbroker or investment advisor made unsuitable recommendations, you need a skilled securities arbitration attorney who knows all the investments, investment strategies and stockbroker tricks of the trade. More importantly, you will need the representation of an experienced, top rated and nationally recognized FINRA arbitration attorney — a lawyer who knows FINRA rules and procedures and how to handle these FINRA arbitration cases and other complex legal issues. By hiring a top rated securities attorney like Robert Wayne Pearce with over 40 years of experience on both sides of the table in FINRA arbitration proceedings, you will clearly see that Attorney Pearce doesn’t just handle cases—he aggressively represents investors and is one of the best securities attorneys to recover your investment losses for unsuitable recommendations and all types of stockbroker fraud and stockbroker misconduct in FINRA arbitration proceedings! At The Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce, P.A., we represent investors with securities breach of fiduciary duty claims and many other kinds of securities law and investment disputes in FINRA arbitration and mediation proceedings. We handle a wide range of practice areas besides breach of fiduciary duty, such as claims involving securities misrepresentation and stockbroker fraud, negligence, failure to supervise, and unsuitable recommendations by stockbrokers and investment advisors. Attorney Pearce and his staff represent investors throughout Ohio, and across the United States on a CONTINGENCY FEE basis, which means you pay nothing – NO FEES-NO COSTS – unless we put money in your pocket after receiving a settlement or FINRA arbitration award. Se habla español Free Initial Consultation With An Experienced Attorney Serving Ohio Residents in FINRA Arbitrations Involving Unsuitable Investment Claims The Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce, P.A. are highly experienced lawyers who successfully handle unsuitable investment claims and other investment disputes in FINRA arbitration proceedings, and who work tirelessly to secure the best possible result for you and your case. For dedicated representation by an attorney with over 40 years of experience and success in all kinds of securities law and investment disputes in FINRA arbitrations serving Ohio citizens, contact the firm by phone at 561-338-0037, toll free at 800-732-2889 or via e-mail.

Feb 1, 2021

Gahanna, Ohio Securities Arbitration Attorneys Who Represent Investors

Did Bryan Carnahan Cause You Investment Losses? Bryan Carnahan of Gahanna, Ohio submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) to FINRA for allegedly misappropriating and converting client funds, for which he later used for his own personal use. Carnahan first became registered in the securities industry as an Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Representative through a FINRA-registered firm in August 1998. In December 1998, Carnahan became registered though The Huntington Investment Company (Huntington) and remained there until his termination in March 2015. FINRA alleged that Carnahan misappropriated approximately $169,500 from a Huntington customer. Then, FINRA found that Carnahan used those misappropriated funds and deposited approximately $149,000 into accounts of clients of his who had suffered investment losses. Carnahan, on five occasions, allegedly transferred a total of $169,500 from one of his clients brokerage accounts to their Huntington bank account. When the client’s funds were transferred, FINRA alleged that Carnahan then instructed the client to withdraw those funds and obtain cashier’s checks for investment opportunities. Carnahan then fraudulently caused the cashier’s checks to be re-issued to the accounts of at least 13 of Carnahan’s clients who had suffered investment losses. In doing so, FINRA found that Carnahan violated FINRA Rules 2150 and 2010 for not having a high standard of commercial honor and using a client’s money for his own personal use. Without admitting or denying the FINRA findings, Carnahan agreed to the sanctions and was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Do You Need Arbitration Attorneys Who Represent Investors? We are top rated securities arbitration attorneys and highly ranked lawyers by our peers in Martindale Hubble and Thomson Reuters SuperLawyers who represent investors in securities arbitrations conducted by the Financial Industry Authority (FINRA), American Arbitration Association (AAA) and JAMS alternative dispute resolution forums serving Ohio investors. This state has thousands of stock brokerage firms and investment advisory offices. With so many stock brokerage firms and investment advisor offices, comes the potential for their stockbrokers, financial advisors, and other representatives to engage in all kinds of stockbroker misconduct which violates Federal and Ohio securities laws and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rules and stock brokerage firms’ policies and procedures. Experienced Securities Arbitration Lawyers Who Handle FINRA, AAA Or JAMS Arbitrations Throughout Ohio And Nationwide. Are you an Ohio investor who has suffered significant losses in your stock brokerage and investment accounts? Did your Ohio stockbroker or investment advisor, misrepresent facts, fail to disclose facts making the statements made false and misleading, recommend unsuitable investments or strategies, excessively trade or churn or otherwise mismanage your investment account? Depending upon the terms of your arbitration agreement you will need to have representation from an experienced, highly-rated and nationally recognized FINRA, AAA or JAMS arbitration securities law attorney—an attorney who knows the FINRA, AAA or JAMS rules and procedures inside and out and how to handle these FINRA, AAA or JAMS arbitration cases and other complex legal issues. By hiring a top rated attorney like Robert Wayne Pearce with over 40 years of experience practicing securities law on both sides of the table in FINRA, AAA and JAMS arbitration proceedings, you will clearly see that Attorney Pearce doesn’t just handle cases—he aggressively represents investors and is one of the best securities arbitration attorney to recover your investment losses for all types of stockbroker misconduct in FINRA, AAA and JAMS arbitration proceedings! At The Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce, P.A., we represent investors in all kinds of securities law and investment disputes in FINRA, AAA and JAMS arbitration and mediation proceedings. We handle a wide range of practice areas such as fraud and misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, failure to supervise, and unsuitable recommendations. Attorney Pearce and his staff represent investors throughout Ohio, and across the United States on a CONTINGENCY FEE basis, which means you pay nothing – NO FEES-NO COSTS – unless we put money in your pocket after receiving a settlement or FINRA arbitration award. Se habla español Free Initial Consultation With An Experienced FINRA, AAA and JAMS Securities Arbitration Attorneys Serving Ohio Residents The Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce, P.A. are highly experienced lawyers who successfully handle securities law matters and investment disputes in FINRA, AAA and JAMS arbitration proceedings, and who work tirelessly to secure the best possible result for you and your case. For dedicated representation by an attorney with over 40 years of experience and success in all kinds of securities law and investment disputes in FINRA, AAA and JAMS arbitrations serving Ohio citizens, contact the firm by phone at 561-338-0037, toll free at 800-732-2889 or via e-mail.

Jan 29, 2021

Lyndhurst, Ohio Stockbroker Fraud Attorney

Did Dominic Tropiano Cause You Investment Losses? Dominic Anthony Tropiano of Lyndhurst, Ohio submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in which he was barred for allegations of engaging in unauthorized transactions and making unsuitable recommendations in violation of FINRA Rules 2111 and 2010. Dominic Anthony Tropiano became an associated person with America Northcoast in May 2015. According to FINRA’s findings, Mr. Tropiano, while not properly registered with FINRA, made specific recommendations to at least 47 customers in 866 separate transactions without having a reasonable basis to believe those transactions were suitable in light of their investment profiles. In addition, FINRA’s investigators also found that Mr. Tropiano placed 52 unauthorized transactions in two additional customers’ accounts. Without admitting or denying FINRA’s allegations, Dominic Anthony Tropiano agreed to the sanctions and to the entry of findings, and has been barred from associating with any FINRA member in all capacities. Do You Need a Stockbroker Fraud Attorney? Ohio has thousands of stock brokerage firms and investment advisory offices. With so many stock brokerage firms and investment advisory offices, comes the potential for their stockbrokers, financial advisors, and other representatives to engage in one or more kinds of stockbroker fraud. They could make misrepresentations about investing in securities (stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, REITs, Junk Bonds, Hedge Funds, Structured Products, etc.) they are selling. Unsuitable recommendations of the strategies they recommend (margin, short selling, option) is another kind of stockbroker fraud. They can engage in many other kinds of stockbroker fraud and stockbroker misconduct which violates Federal and Ohio securities laws and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rules and stock brokerage firms policies and procedures. Experienced Stockbroker Fraud Lawyers Who Handle FINRA Arbitrations Throughout Ohio and Nationwide. Are you an Ohio investor who has suffered significant losses in your stock brokerage and investment accounts? Did your Ohio stockbroker or investment advisor, misrepresent facts about the securities, investments or strategies they were recommending or otherwise mismanage your investment account? If so, you need representation by an experienced, highly-rated and nationally recognized FINRA arbitration lawyer — an attorney who knows FINRA rules and procedures and how to handle these FINRA arbitration cases as well as other complex legal issues. By hiring a top rated stockbroker fraud attorney like Robert Wayne Pearce with over 40 years of experience on both sides of the table in FINRA arbitration proceedings, you will clearly see that Attorney Pearce doesn’t just handle cases—he aggressively represents investors and is one of the best securities attorneys to recover your investment losses for all types of stockbroker fraud and stockbroker misconduct in FINRA arbitration proceedings! At The Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce, P.A., we represent investors with securities misrepresentation claims and many other kinds of securities law and investment disputes in FINRA arbitration and mediation proceedings. We handle a wide range of practice areasbesides securities misrepresentation and stockbroker fraud claims such as stockbroker breach of fiduciary duty, stockbroker negligence, failure to supervise stockbrokers, and unsuitable recommendations by stockbrokers. Attorney Pearce and his staff represent investors throughout Ohio, and across the United States on a CONTINGENCY FEE basis, which means you pay nothing – NO FEES-NO COSTS – unless we put money in your pocket after receiving a settlement or FINRA arbitration award. Se habla español Free Initial Consultation With An Experienced Stockbroker Fraud Lawyer Serving Ohio Residents in FINRA Arbitrations The Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce, P.A. are highly experienced lawyers who successfully handle securities misrepresentation, stockbroker fraud, stockbroker misconduct and other investment disputes in FINRA arbitration proceedings, and who work tirelessly to secure the best possible result for you and your case. For dedicated representation by an attorney with over 40 years of experience and success in all kinds of securities law and investment disputes in FINRA arbitrations serving Ohio citizens, contact the firm by phone at 561-338-0037, toll free at 800-732-2889 or via e-mail.

Nov 11, 2020

Did Toledo Ohio UBS Touchstone Wealth Partners Sell You A UBS Credit-line Investment Strategy?

How Do You Recover Your Investment Losses From Those Credit-line Margin Calls? If you are reading this Blog, UBS Financial Services, Inc. Toledo, Ohio Touchstone Wealth Partners (Touchstone) may have recommended that you take out a variable or fixed line of credit instead of selling securities and withdrawing funds from your account in order to stay invested in what was supposed to be a safe well-balanced investment portfolio. The next thing you may have heard in March this year was you needed to deposit cash by 1 pm or your securities were going to be sold at rock-bottom prices. Or maybe you didn’t even receive a margin call and securities were just sold in your account. You might have thought the problem was the composition of your portfolio but the problem was very probably the leverage created by the credit-lines. Without the leverage there might not have been any margin calls and you would have been able to ride out the COVID 19 storm. You are not alone because that is just what other investors have told us about the pitch Touchstone made to them and their recent experience. In fact, we represent one such investor who has filed an arbitration claim against UBS Financial Services, Inc. for not only Touchstone’s alleged unsuitable recommendations but for their alleged misrepresentations, misleading statements and mismanagement of her accounts. Please go to our website and read about our client’s allegations in our article titled “UBS Financial Services, Inc. Sued For Florida And Ohio Financial Advisor’s Alleged Misconduct Involving A Credit-Line Investment Strategy.” Did Touchstone Wealth Partners talk you into a UBS credit-line investment strategy? Did you receive margin calls and have your account liquidated by UBS without any notice or on very short notice? The recommendation of any leveraged investment strategy involves speculation and not suitable for all investors. Securities-backed lending accounts are the same a speculative margin account and perhaps more dangerous. Please read our article on our website titled “Securities-Backed Lines of Credit Can be More Dangerous Than Margin Accounts!” Regardless of the reason for the cause of the loss in your account (unsuitable recommendations, misrepresentation or mismanagement), there is no way you will recover your losses without some legal action. At the Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce, P.A., we represent investors who paid dearly for any unsuitable securities-backed lending strategies in FINRA arbitration and mediation proceedings. Among the claims we may file are for fraud and misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, failure to supervise, and unsuitable recommendations in violation of FINRA rules and industry standards. Attorney Pearce and his staff represent investors across the United States on a CONTINGENCY FEE basis which means you pay nothing – NO FEES-NO COSTS – unless we put money in your pocket after receiving a settlement or FINRA arbitration award. Se habla español Contact Us For A Free Initial Consultation With Experienced UBS Investment Attorneys In FINRA Arbitrations The Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce, P.A. have highly experienced lawyers who have successfully handled many managed account cases and other securities law matters and investment disputes in FINRA arbitration proceedings, and they will work tirelessly to secure the best possible result for you and your case. For dedicated representation by an attorney with over 40 years of experience and success in structured product cases and all kinds of securities law and investment disputes, contact the firm by phone at 561-338-0037, toll free at 800-732-2889 or via e-mail.

Nov 11, 2020

Did Ohio and Florida UBS Touchstone Wealth Partners Sell You a UBS Credit-line Investment Strategy?

How Do You Recover Your Investment Losses From Those Credit-line Margin Calls? If you are reading this Blog, UBS Financial Services, Inc. Touchstone Wealth Partners (Touchstone) may have recommended that you take out a variable or fixed line of credit instead of selling securities and withdrawing funds from your account in order to stay invested in what was supposed to be a safe, well-balanced investment portfolio. The next thing you may have heard in March this year was you needed to deposit cash by 1 pm or your securities were going to be sold at rock-bottom prices. Or maybe you didn’t even receive a margin call and securities were just sold in your account. You might have thought the problem was the composition of your portfolio, but the problem was very probably the leverage created by the credit-lines. Without the leverage, there might not have been any margin calls, and you would have been able to ride out the COVID-19 storm. You are not alone because that is just what other investors have told us about the pitch Touchstone made to them and their recent experience. In fact, we represent one such investor who has filed an arbitration claim against UBS Financial Services, Inc. for not only Touchstone’s alleged unsuitable recommendations, but for their alleged misrepresentations, misleading statements and mismanagement of her accounts. Please go to our website and read about our client’s allegations in our article titled “UBS Financial Services, Inc. Sued for Florida and Ohio Financial Advisor’s Alleged Misconduct Involving a Credit-Line Investment Strategy.”Did Touchstone Wealth Partners talk you into a UBS credit-line investment strategy? Did you receive margin calls and have your account liquidated by UBS without any notice or on very short notice? The recommendation of any leveraged investment strategy involves speculation and is not suitable for all investors. Securities-backed lending accounts are the same as a speculative margin account and perhaps more dangerous. Please read our article on our website titled “Securities-Backed Lines of Credit Can be More Dangerous Than Margin Accounts!” Regardless of the reason for the cause of the loss in your account (unsuitable recommendations, misrepresentation or mismanagement), there is no way you will recover your losses without some legal action. At the Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce, P.A., we represent investors who paid dearly for any unsuitable securities-backed lending strategies in FINRA arbitration and mediation proceedings. Among the claims we may file are for fraud and misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, failure to supervise, and unsuitable recommendations in violation of FINRA rules and industry standards. Attorney Pearce and his staff represent investors across the United States on a CONTINGENCY FEE basis which means you pay nothing – NO FEES-NO COSTS – unless we put money in your pocket after receiving a settlement or FINRA arbitration award Se habla español Contact Us For A Free Initial Consultation With Experienced UBS-YES Investment Attorneys In FINRA Arbitrations The Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce, P.A. have highly experienced lawyers who have successfully handled many managed account cases and other securities law matters and investment disputes in FINRA arbitration proceedings, and they will work tirelessly to secure the best possible result for you and your case. For dedicated representation by an attorney with over 40 years of experience and success in structured product cases and all kinds of securities law and investment disputes, contact the firm by phone at 561-338-0037, toll free at 800-732-2889 or via e-mail.