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From The Blog
- Dallas Man Involved in $485M Ponzi Scams, Including the Fraud Involving Provident Royalties in Texas, Gets Twenty Year Prison Term A judge has sentenced Joseph Blimline to 20 years in prison over his involvement in two complex, oil and gas Ponzi scams that took place in Texas and ....
- Houston, Texas-Based Forethought Financial Group to Purchase The Hartford Financial Services Group’s Annuities Units Forethought Financial Group, a privately-owned Houston based firm, is bringing more annuities business to Texas with its purchase of The Hartford ....
- Texas Broker-Dealer Pinnacle Partners Financial is Expelled by FINRA Hearing Officer Over Allegedly Fraudulent Sales of Unregistered Securities and Private Placements of Oil and Gas In a default decision, San Antonio broker-dealer Pinnacle Partners Financial, Corp. has been expelled by a FINRA hearing officer for Texas securities ....
- Texas Securities Fraud: US Supreme Court Turns Down Ex-Enron Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling’s Appeal to Have His Criminal Conviction Overturned This week, the US Supreme Court decided not to hear the most recent appeal filed by Enron Corp’s former CEO Jeffrey Skilling to have his criminal ....
- Morgan Stanley to Compensate A Number of Texas Homeowners for Alleged Misconduct by Saxon Mortgage Services The Federal Reserve Board has ordered Morgan Stanley (MS) to retain an independent consultant to evaluate foreclosures initiated by former subsidiary ....
- Texas Securities Fraud: State Law Class Action in R. Allen Stanford’s Ponzi Scam Not Barred by SLUSA In a reversal of a district court’s decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards ....
- Three Oil Service Executives Face SEC Charges in Texas Court For Allegedly Bribing Nigerian Customs Officials In the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the SEC has charged three oil services executives that were allegedly involved in a ....
- Texas Securities Fraud: District Court Holds Ex-Dell Administrative Assistant and Her Stockbroker Spouse Liable for Insider Trading In the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Judge James R. Nowlin entered summary judgment against Marleen and John Jantzen. In SEC ....
Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas LTD, LLP is a Houston, Texas based securities law firm. We are the largest firm in Texas, and certainly one of the largest in the United States, that focuses solely upon the representation of investors against major Wall Street financial firms in securities matters.
We are proud to represent Texas investors from all parts of the state, from individual investors to institutional investors, who have suffered losses due to improper and inappropriate recommendations made by financial advisers and major Wall Street brokerage firms. These losses can be the result of everything from incompetence or negligence to outright fraud. More often, investment losses are the result of unsuitable investment recommendations that were not aligned with investor’s financial needs, investment objectives, tolerance for risk and age. There can also be material factual misrepresentations or omissions about the investment by the financial adviser or the brokerage firm, which would have caused the investor to decline the investment had they known the true facts.
The attorneys in our office and our experienced staff will be happy to discuss your particular situation through a confidential interview to determine what claims or causes of action might be available. Once the initial consultation has taken place and it has been concluded that you do have a potential claim, it will be necessary for you to produce documentation from your financial adviser and their firm to be examined by the attorneys, our paralegals and expert witness. This documentation will include all correspondence, emails, trade confirmations, account statements, brochures, marketing materials and prospectuses, among other things.
Securities arbitration cases are generally handled on a contingency basis by our firm. The importance of this to the investor is that they only owe a fee to Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas LTD, LLP, if a monetary recovery for the losses sustained is made. The fee is based upon a predetermined and agreed upon percentage of the amount recovered and, if for some reason there is no recovery, then there is nothing owed to the firm.
We are also proud to have represented many investors from outside the United States and encourage you to contact our securities law firm for a free consultation. Se habla espanol.
