Firstman v. Credit Suisse
Jan 01, 2019OUTCOME: $3 million award
Former Relationship Managers (what CS calls their brokers) brought a FINRA arbitration claim for failing to pay them earned deferred compensation and bonuses.
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Securities and investment fraud Lawyer at New York, NY
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OUTCOME: $3 million award
Former Relationship Managers (what CS calls their brokers) brought a FINRA arbitration claim for failing to pay them earned deferred compensation and bonuses.
OUTCOME: $1 million award
In 2019, Ross won a $1 million FINRA arbitration award against Cantor Fitzgerald on behalf of Jim Smyth, a former senior employee for unpaid bonuses and partnership units. The award included interest, ... attorneys’ fees and costs
OUTCOME: $16 million total award
In 2016, Ross and his team won $10 million in damages for an upstate New York family and defeated a $6 million counterclaim related to a customer debit in a FINRA arbitration award against a clearing f ... irm for its actions related to an RIA. The Montfort v. CL King award after 44 days of arbitration hearings was confirmed in court and paid.
OUTCOME: $21 million award
Ross and his team have won some of the largest securities arbitration awards ever recorded, including the largest arbitration award ever rendered against Goldman Sachs. It was a $21 million FINRA arbi ... tration award on behalf of the Creditors’ Committee of the Bayou Hedge Fund run by convicted fraudster Sam Israel. The 18-day hearing generated a 100% recovery of the compensatory damages requested. The award was confirmed by Judge Rakoff of the SDNY and upheld on appeal by the Second Circuit.
OUTCOME: $43 million award
Ross and his partner John Rich were also co-trial counsel in the Engel, et al. v. Refco commodities Ponzi scheme case at the National Futures Association (NFA). The 100-day group arbitration on behalf ... of 13 individuals and family run businesses generated a $43 million award in 2001, which at the time was the largest collected arbitration award ever rendered on behalf of public customers against a brokerage firm.