840 Newport Center Drive, Ste. 720
Newport Beach, California 92660
Telephone: 949-760-1400
Toll Free:   800-519-0562
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Common Questions

Do You Have A Case For Recovery?

If we accept your Stock Loss Recovery case, it's because we believe you have a good chance to recover. We work on a contingent (percentage) fee basis. If you don't recover, there is no fee. We put our time and effort into Stock Loss Recovery cases we believe in and when we take your Stock Loss Recovery case, we will pursue it to get the best recovery possible. If you don't make money, we don't make money.

We conduct a thorough analysis of each Stock Loss Recovery case presented to us. A good Stock Loss Recovery case will take our analysts about a week to thoroughly review, after all documents have been received and we have interviewed you by phone thoroughly.

How Do I Know If I Have A Good Stock Loss Recovery Case?

We start with a series of phone interviews and sometimes personal interviews.

First you will speak with a client relations specialist on the phone and briefly relate the facts of your Stock Loss Recovery case. The client relations specialist will want to know when the events occurred, how much you think you lost and why you think the broker could be at fault. There is no obligation or cost.

Next, you will speak with an attorney if your case seems to be ripe for a Stock Loss Recovery claim. There is still no obligation or cost. The attorney will further develop the facts, the timing, the amount of loss and the potential liability of the brokerage house.

After speaking with both the Client Relations specialist and the Attorney, you will be contacted by one of our staff expert analysts. There is still no obligation or cost. Generally the Analyst will ask to see your account documents. These include statements, confirmations and account agreements, if available.

At that point, we will tell you if we believe you have a case that we would accept on a percentage fee.

Who will be against you?

The Stock Brokers defenders will probably have:

  1. Lawyers. There can be 2-3 experienced defense trial lawyers who have defended the brokerage many times and know all about their business. Our Stock Loss Recovery Team will meet these types head on. We will usually know the opposing counsel and their style, tactics and strategies.
  2. Analysts. They will have experts in the analysis of your past, and present stock portfolio and analysts who know and can twist historical market preformance. Our Stock Loss Recovery Team of Analysts are their former analysts. We catch their misrepresentations and we develop our own analysis to support your case.
  3. Investigators. They will have several who try to find out all the hidden secrets. Generally the investor will claim to be unsophisticated. Their investigators look for things that suggest you are very knowledgeable and then develop that to claim you are sophisticated and knew and accepted any risk. Our Stock Loss Recovery Team includes investigation of the responsible individuals. Often we develop more about their witnesses than they can risk having disclosed.
  4. Document review & correlation specialists. These cases are document intensive and there is substantial time spent indexing and comparing the documents. After that, specialists look for ways to tie the documents together to suggest a defense, whether true or not. Our Stock Loss Recovery Team also makes this effort, but for you instead of them.
  5. Exhibit preparation specialists. Charts, graphs, enlargements of documents, story boards, videos, power point presentations and multimedia desplays that the defense can show to the arbitrators are common. Our Stock Loss Recovery Team generally knows what they will come with to the hearing. Our Stock Loss Recovery Team prepares exhibits that convince the arbitrators that you should win.

Will they fight against you?

Absolutely. Don't ever think that the major stock brokerages are sympathetic, merciful, remorseful or contrite. Even if they know they are wrong, they fight, and they fight hard.

Merely because you are a victim of Stock Loss fraud, or you are in the right or you have the facts and the law on your side, doesn't mean they will fold. It doesn't mean they will settle quickly. It doesn't mean they won't try to get away with everything they can.

Find Out why they fight so hard.

Why do they fight so hard?

There are many reasons that make sense to the major brokerage houses for a hard fight.

  1. The first, and most obvious reason is that the major brokerages don't want to pay out their profits. But this isn't the only reason, or even the most important reason.
  2. Fighting every case hard discourages other Stock Loss Recovery Stock Loss Recovery claimants. Frequently claimants with legitimate cases accept losses that are clearly recoverable because they know the Stock Loss Recovery won't come easily. Stock Loss Recovery Claimants have to find experienced lawyers, supported by full Stock Loss Recovery Teams, to stand up to the brokerages. Some Stock Loss Recovery claimants just walk away.
  3. The lawyers the major brokerages hire bill by the hour and rely on a big defense for their income. The more time they spend fighting you, the more they earn.
  4. The major brokerages may want to protect some of their best sales people, especially those who bring in big commissions. Even if such a sales person has stepped over the legal line with you, they may not want to have his record smeared or loose him as a key employee.
  5. Accounting issues also prevent the big brokerages from settling Stock Loss Recovery cases. Paying back money must come from a line item on their Profit and Loss Statement. It will affect their balance sheet. It must fall within the budget for allowable Stock Loss Recovery. If it will show wrong on their financial statements or exceeds their budgets, someones head will probably roll. Whoever that is has a vested interest in fighting Stock Loss Recovery. Sometimes pushing Stock Loss Recovery losses from one year to the next is also a reason.
  6. All brokerages have "compliance" departments which are supposed to spot the illegal activity of their employees. If an employee has done something illegal that has cheated you out of your money, the employee may be discharged or reprimanded. But the brokerage may also discharge or reprimand the "compliance" officer. It is that officer who also has a vested interest in showing that Stock Loss Recovery claimants have no case.
  7. Adverse publicity may follow a significant Stock Loss Recovery payment. Most big brokerages are public companies and must report significant litigation losses on their SEC filings. While the individual claims, and the individual Stock Loss Recovery claimants names may be confidential, a big Stock Loss Recovery will be noted by the broader market of public investors and by their competition.

When our stock loss recovery team believes you have a good stock loss recovery case, the next step is your decision.

Now it's your time to decide you want our Stock Loss Recovery Team to try to get your money back. If you do, we will ask you to hire our Stock Loss Recovery Team on a contingent (percentage) fee. When you agree to hire our Stock Loss Recovery Team, we will start work on your case immediately. If you decide not to hire us, you have lost nothing.

 

Do You Have A Case For Recovery?

How Do I Know If I Have A Good Stock Loss Recovery Case?

Who will be against you?

Will they fight against you?

Why do they fight so hard?

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