Investors

Investors have every reason today to question the advice they have received over the past few years from their brokers. What appeared to be the strength of the U.S. securities markets in the late nineties and into the new millennium was in large part due to some of the largest investment frauds in U.S. history created by brokerage firms that were once highly regarded, but are now highly suspect. Today, as in the past, the laws constantly change to meet new situations and approaches to investing. Some new techniques and programs will be legitimate, others will violate new and existing laws. Some will try to take advantage of loopholes and/or will prey on grey areas.

Having successfully represented small to high net worth investors in cases against some of the industry's largest brokerage firms,the lawyers of Malecki Law provide free consultations and representation for investors to determine whether they have been victimized. Securities attorney Jenice L. Malecki, Esq. has helped numerous investors recover significant losses and this law office stands ready to represent you in lawsuits and arbitrations involving broker misconduct, fraud, negligence, and more.

Malecki Law will provide legal advice and representation as a plaintiff or claimant in a multiplicity of matters ranging from routine suitability cases to complex disputes involving intricacies in federal securities laws and sophisticated commodities futures trading, including, but not limited to, claims involving:

• Common Law Fraud (Scams) & Misrepresentations and Omissions under Federal Securities Laws
  Violations of specific rules created by state and federal government bodies to protect investors and the markets. Often these statutes involve specific lies a broker has told you or omissions of key facts by a broker making the balance of the information you have received untrue.
• Unsuitability
  When a broker does not recommend investments suitable for your age, income and objectives.
• Churning / Overtrading
  When a broker trades the account too frequently and usually for his or her own profit exercising control over your money.
• Unauthorized Trading
  When a broker trades your account without asking your permission.
• Margin Violations
  When a broker fails to properly disclose the risks of margin trading and terms of margin loans.
• Market Manipulation
  When brokers, traders and/or analysts create a fictitious market environment to suit only their own profit objectives.
• Failures to Execute
  When a broker does not follow a customer's direct instructions in a proper manner.
• Failure to Supervise
  When the brokerage firm's senior personnel fail to review their brokers' work.
• Breach of Contract
  When the brokerage firm fails to live up to agreements with you regarding the handling of your account. This can be written and/or verbal agreements.
• Sales Practice Violations
  When a broker engages in fraudulent sales practices, such as high-pressure sales tactics and misrepresentations regarding the nature of the investments or his relationships with company executives.
• Forgery
  When the broker wrongfully signs your name without your permission.
• Conversion and Theft
  When the broker wrongfully takes your money or transfers it to an account outside your control.
• Limited Partnership Issues
  Investments often unsuitable and illiquid that a broker has recommended without disclosing the true nature of the investment.
• Insider Trading
  When a broker alleges to have information not publicly available.
• Breach of Fiduciary Duty
  When the broker does not use the high degree of care in handling your investments that you are entitled to, such as recommending junk bonds or an annuity in an IRA (individual retirement account).

Having experience in many forums, our attorneys will appear on your behalf at the following forums to insure the most advantageous and appropriate jurisdiction to hear that your problem is being utilized:

• United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
• United States Commodities Futures Trading Commission
• ("CFTC")
• National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD")
• New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE")
• American Stock Exchange ("AMEX")
• National Futures Association ("NFA")
• Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board ("MSRB")
• Certified Financial Planners Board of Standards ("CFP Board")
• Various State Attorney General Offices
• On-the-Record Interviews
• Arbitration Forums
• Mediation Forums
• Federal Court
• State Court

Located in the financial district of New York City, Ms. Malecki serves clients nationwide, including, but not limited to, those in New York, Massachusetts, and Washington D.C. Contact Malecki Law today for your free consultation with a seasoned New York lawyer.