Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog

Michael Archimede (CRD# 5701306) is a former registered broker and investment advisor previously employed with PFS Investments Inc. (CRD# 10111) of Waukesha, WI  He has been in the industry since 2010. On 11/9/2023, a customer filed a dispute alleging that Archimede borrowed money and failed to repay the loan, requesting…

Joseph Beam (Joseph Farrell Beam CRD# 5407778) is a former registered broker and investment advisor last employed with Capital Investment Group, Inc. (CRD# 14752) of Flat Rock, NC. His previous employment was with Suntrust Investment Services, Inc. (CRD# 17499) of Hendersonville, NC.  No additional employment information is available. He began…

Silver Law Group’s founder, attorney Scott Silver, recently spoke with Investment News about two brokers who filed for bankruptcy after a FINRA arbitration awarded money to one of their former clients. “Another schlocky broker-dealer gets hit with an arbitration award and the owner and everyone else declare bankruptcy,” Mr. Silver…

Patrick Mendenhall (Patrick Michael Mendenhall CRD# 1068809) is a registered broker and investment advisor currently registered with USCA Securities LLC (CRD# 103789) of Houston, TX. His previous employers include USCA RIA LLC (CRD# 152170) and UBS Financial Services Inc. (CRD# 8174), also of Houston, and Smith Barney, Harris Upham &…

The Rosenau Family Research Foundation, a nonprofit that funds medical research, has alleged that Principal Securities engaged in misuse of variable annuities, as well as churning and selling away while handling the Foundation’s investments. In an interview with Investment News, Silver Law Group’s managing partner Scott Silver stated, “There’s a…

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for May 2024, the following individuals were barred from FINRA and cannot currently work for a FINRA brokerage firm for failing to provide FINRA with information it requested or to keep information current with FINRA pursuant to FINRA rules: NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS   Kwame Aduesi…

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for May 2024, the following individuals were suspended from FINRA for failing to comply with a FINRA arbitration award or settlement agreement pursuant to FINRA rules: NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS   Helen Andrews   Morgan Stanley   Barclays Capital Inc.   Christine Dormier   UBS Financial…

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for May 2024, the following individuals were suspended from FINRA and cannot currently work for a FINRA brokerage firm for failing to provide FINRA with information it requested or to keep information current with FINRA pursuant to FINRA rules. However, these individuals remain bound by…

In an article in Investment News, Silver Law Group founder Scott Silver weighed in on a FINRA arbitration action involving a broker-dealer and financial advisor who sold a client GWG Holdings’ illiquid L-Bonds. “The arbitrators in these FINRA claims over the past decade have been seeing cases around product suitability…

Kwame Adusei (CRD#: 6166926) is a former broker and investment advisor last employed with  Morgan Stanley (CRD#:149777) of Poughkeepsie, NY. His previous employers were J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (CRD#:79) of Brewster, NY, and Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC (CRD#:19616) of Chappaqua, NY. He has been in the industry since 2013. A customer…