Resolving Financial Services Matters Nationwide Through Arbitration and Litigation

Handling financial services disputes requires counsel with a significant understanding of the industry, the laws, rules and regulations that impact our clients and the forums in which disputes are adjudicated. At Hyman Cotter PC, our attorneys’ unparalleled litigation experience comes from leveraging their industry-specific knowledge developed from working at firms such as Morgan Stanley, UBS Financial Services, serving as outside counsel for some of the world’s largest law firms, and through prior affiliations with the SEC.

Our clients include broker-dealers, registered representatives, investment advisors, banks, hedge funds and insurance companies. We have handled hundreds of arbitrations before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), JAMS, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and other self-regulatory organizations nationwide. We have also appeared in courts throughout the United States in various securities-related matters.

The litigation/arbitration matters we typically handle include:

• Employment claims relating to allegations of breach of contract, Form U4/U5 defamation, recruiting misrepresentations, wrongful termination, constructive discharge and discrimination
• Expungement claims of BrokerCheck and CRD records
• Investor claims relating to allegations of unsuitability, churning, fraud, misrepresentation, failure to supervise, unauthorized trading, overconcentration, theft, breach of fiduciary and other duties, and other forms of alleged misconduct
• Promissory and forgivable note matters
• Protocol and non-protocol advisor’s transition matters such as raiding, non-competes, non-solicits, improper use of confidential information, and violations of other post-employment obligations

For more information about our arbitration and litigation services, please contact Hyman Cotter PC at 312-291-4600 or through our online contact form.