Blum & Silver, LLP is a nationally-recognized securities law firm headquartered in South Florida. The primary focus of the firm is representing investors worldwide with their claims for losses due to stockbroker misconduct and brokerage firm negligence involving stocks, bonds, commodities and other products.
The firm is the lead counsel in numerous securities arbitration cases against many brokerage firms such as Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Wells Fargo, Securities America, Oppenheimer, UBS and many others.
We have handled over $500 million of investors' claims. The firm primarily handles cases on a contingency fee basis.
Our lawyers are admitted to practice in Florida, New York and New Jersey. Our cases have been featured in several national publications and our attorneys have been honored and recognized as Super Lawyers and Most Effective Securities Lawyers for their prior accomplishments.
Stock Attorneys Blog
- Scott Silver of Blum & Silver, LLP Served on Panel of Securities Arbitration Masters Today Scott Silver, Managing Partner of Blum & Silver, LLP, served on a panel of seasoned securities attorneys, presenting before members and guests ....
- Blum & Silver, LLP Attorneys Published in National Law Journal on the SEC Whistleblower Incentives under Dodd-Frank Blum & Silver, LLP attorneys Scott Silver and Janine Garlitz co-authored an article “SEC Whistleblower Incentives under the Dodd-Frank Wall ....
- Blum & Silver, LLP Investigates Former Merrill Lynch Stockbroker Mark E. Imbertson Blum & Silver, LLP has commenced an investigation into the activities of Mark E. Imbertson, a former stockbroker at Merrill Lynch. Mark E. Imbertson, ....
- FINRA Issued Investor Alert on Public Non-Traded REITs This week the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a new Investor Alert called Public Non-Traded REITs-Perform a Careful Review ....
- Blum & Silver, LLP Files Securities Class Action Against Regions Bank Alleging Regions Aided and Abetted the Sale of Securities by an Unregistered Dealer Blum & Silver, LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against Regions Bank (“Regions”), a banking subsidiary of Regions Financial ....
- FINRA Fined Raymond James for Charging Unfair Commissions and Ordered Restitution The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ordered Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) and Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (RJFS) ....
- Blum & Silver, LLP Files Claims on Behalf of McGinn Smith Investors Against National Financial Services, LLC Blum & Silver, LLP is pursuing claims against National Financial Services, LLC (“NFS”) for investors who lost money investing over $100 ....
Current Investigations
- Lehman Brothers' Principal Protected Notes Lehman Brothers' Principal Protected Notes (PPN) were recommended as safe income-producing investments. Brokers at UBS and other firms pitched these products as similar to buying a basket of stocks (such as the S&P 500), but with the added benefit of up to 100% principal protection if the market went down. However, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy in September 2008 leaving investo... more
- MF Global Holdings The court-appointed trustee overseeing MF Global's bankruptcy says up to $1.2 billion is missing from customer accounts, double what the firm had reported to regulators in October 2011. MF Global may have failed to appropriately segregate customer funds, and could have commingled those funds for use in its highly leveraged proprietary trading. Blum &... more
- Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund Secured Notes Blum & Silver, LLP is investigating whether this complex investment was accurately represented and suitably recommended to investors in Puerto Rico. The notes were underwritten by UBS Financial Services, Inc. of Puerto Rico, Popular Securities, R-G Investments Corp. and Santander Securities Corp. According to the SEC filings of R&G Financial Corp., the Puerto Rico Conservation Tr... more
- McGinn Smith and National Financial Services, LLC In April 2010, both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) filed lawsuits against McGinn Smith and its principals, alleging that from 2003 through April 2010, McGinn Smith committed an ongoing fraud against over 900 investors. The suits allege that McGinn Smith lured its customers into these investments with the ... more
