Somers Securities Lawyers

I help domestic and international businesses and their directors and officers resolve complex commercial litigation disputes through practical and economical pre-suit negotiations and, if necessary, litigation (federal and state), arbitration, and mediation.

For all of my clients, I strive to understand their businesses as well as they do and work efficiently to achieve their desired outcomes hopefully without need for litigation. All of my clients have come to expect that I will provide frank but value-added legal advice that empowers them to consider salient risks and act decisively.

I have successfully represented clients in a wide range of disputes involving corporate...

Mark Zafrin has over thirty years of transactional experience and handles a broad range of matters for clients in the Healthcare & Pharmaceutical and Financial Services industries. He possesses in-depth knowledge of FHA and conventional mortgage financing, mezzanine and private equity financing and healthcare Certificate of Need applications. He has vast experience representing clients in extremely complex and difficult mergers and acquisitions of healthcare facilities, hospitals, federally financed clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and large physician practice groups. As General Counsel, Mr. Zafrin advises and assists his clients, ranging from nursing homes to assisted living centers and clinics (including primary care...

Robert R. Miller is an associate at Lax & Neville LLP with a practice primarily in securities, employment, and corporate disputes before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), and state and federal courts.

He represents individual investors in their claims against brokers, broker-dealers, and wealth managers for abusive customer sales practices, such as fraud, churning, unsuitability, and breach of fiduciary duty; brokers and other financial services professionals in a broad range of matters, including transitions between firms and disputes over deferred compensation, promissory notes, Form U-5 expungements, and employment agreements; and broker-dealers and other financial services...

I am a Partner at Iorio Altamirano LLP, a securities arbitration law firm in New York City. We represent investors nationwide who have suffered investment losses due to wrongful conduct by financial advisors and brokerage firms.

Iorio Altamirano LLP has nearly 20 years of combined experience as securities arbitration lawyers. We have helped individual investors, groups of individuals, business entities, family offices, credit unions, and institutional investors recover nearly $100 million in investment losses.

I have handled hundreds of FINRA arbitration claims and have worked closely with retail and institutional investors. I combine my broad experience in the securities arbitration field with...

Barbara Hart is a principal at Grant & Eisenhofer and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. Ms. Hart has nearly three decades of experience as a leader in plaintiffs’ litigation. She has represented institutional investors, including many public pension funds, in securities and antitrust litigation and served as lead counsel in 4 of the top 100 securities class action settlements. Ms. Hart has also achieved substantive antitrust and False Claims Act/Qui Tam settlements on behalf of her clients. In addition, Ms. Hart has represented other matters include representation of approximately 45 adult survivors of sexual abuse who brought claims against the...

Mr. Robbins is a partner in the New York City law firm of Kaufmann Gildin & Robbins LLP and specializes in commercial arbitration and mediation. He represents investors, brokers and firms in disputes and brokers and firms before regulatory agencies. He is also an expert witness in malpractice cases arising out of securities arbitrations. He and his firm have been responsible for the return of tens of millions of dollars to investors and have represented many brokers accused of wrongdoing in arbitrations and regulatory matters. Mr. Robbins served as Special Deputy Attorney General...

Christopher J. Gray has spent most of his career representing individuals and small businesses- almost exclusively as plaintiffs- in complex litigation, arbitrations, class actions, and trials and appeals in state and federal court.

Mr. Gray was admitted to the New York bar in 1997, is a member of the bars of the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of New York, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the U.S. Court of...

The focus of our practice is the representation of individual and institutional investors in arbitrations and litigations involving claims of breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, mismanagement, stock fraud, suitability, unauthorized trading, negligence and churning.

I also regularly represent those who work in the financial services regarding recruiting practices including issues relating to the Protocol for Broker Recruiting; non-solicit, non-compete and other restrictive covenants; customer privacy and other regulatory issues; best-practices for preserving a book of business through a transition; Form U5 negotiations; responding to FINRA inquiries; promissory notes; bonus disputes; team disputes; temporary restraining orders (TROs); expedited FINRA arbitrations;...

Raoul Duggal is a corporate attorney focusing on the representation of start-up and venture-backed companies. He has advised companies and investors on numerous venture capital and angel investments and exits. In addition, he has extensive experience advising clients on a broad spectrum of domestic and international M&A transactions, including restructuring and refinancing transactions. Raoul also has experience with public companies and has advised on domestic and international IPOs. Raoul has represented a wide variety of start-up companies and investors, as well as numerous mid- and large-sized U.S. and European corporate clients. Raoul has extensive experience in such industry sectors as technology,...

Lois has experience in handling legal matters in the USA, Canada, China and European Union. She is licensed in New York and Michigan along with Ontario, Canada. This vast breadth of experience and knowledge covers most domestic and international work required in modern business contracts. Speaking native English and Mandarin Chinese has proven useful in resolving the business cultural and conflicting legal systems between The United States and China when designing business agreements. Lois specializes in StartUps, Contracts, Merger and Acquisition, Securities, Cryptocurrency, SaaS, Tax Planning, IP Laws. Lois can provide direct answers to what documents are needed to start...

A former investigative journalist, Mark is a successful anti-fraud attorney with more than twenty years of experience in complex civil litigation. He has represented qui tam whistleblowers under the False Claims Act as well as victims of fraud under the federal securities laws and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). His efforts have resulted in the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars for clients.

Prior to founding Mark A. Strauss Law, PLLC, Mark was a partner at Kirby McInerney LLP, a respected plaintiffs’ class action firm that was named one of the “Most Feared Plaintiffs’ Firms” by Law360.com....

Brandon is the Managing Attorney at the Law Firm of Brandon S. Schwartz, P.C. Prior to founding the firm, Brandon worked in the Corporate practice of the New York office of DLA Piper, a global law firm, through a post-graduate fellowship program provided by the Two-Year JD Honors Program at New York Law School. During this experience, Brandon was involved in a broad range of corporate matters including corporate governance, due diligence, initial public offerings, and M&A transactions. Additionally, Brandon worked as an attorney and consultant for small and mid-size law firms, working on corporate and real estate matters, as...

I enjoy advising companies and identifying solutions to complex business and legal problems. My intimate knowledge of corporate/real estate law, investment banking, and private equity has positioned me to serve as outside general counsel to dozens of startups, middle-market, and enterprise clients over the last decade. I've also provided guidance to several tech companies in their sale to large cap businesses, and have closed some of the largest commercial real estate transactions.

Prior to law practice, I worked in finance for several years as both an investment banker and consultant with a focus on M&A. I enjoy working with founders and...

Samantha Plesser most recently received a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from The New School of Public Engagement and is an attorney in New York City with more than five years’ experience monetizing labor and employment risks within government and corporate affairs teams of consumer goods, retail and professional services sectors. She also holds two Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and a Jurist Doctorate from Cornell Law School. Her diverse skills include researching and writing about regulatory policy, analyzing ROI, and increasing engagement across human rights, justice and supply chain issues. Realizing that to make a...

Sandra P. Lahens is a partner at Lax & Neville LLP. Sandra’s practice involves representing businesses and individuals in commercial litigation and arbitration regarding securities and investment disputes, employment matters and regulatory investigations. She has successfully arbitrated and mediated cases before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), JAMS, and litigated cases in federal and state courts, including in appeals before the New York Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the New York State Appellate Division.

Sandra represents investors nationwide in customer sales practice disputes against their registered representatives, broker dealers and registered investment advisors...

Mr. Dailey represents businesses and business owners in disputes that arise out of mergers and acquisitions, disagreements between owners, damaged customer or client relationships, improper actions taken by competitors, or investigations by regulators such as the SEC or PCAOB. Over the years he has become known for his ability to explain complex transactions and relationships in plain language that average people and judges understand.

Daniel E. Katz is a Founding Partner of Rich, Intelisano & Katz, LLP. He specializes in construction law, commercial law and securities and employment arbitrations. Mr. Katz has received the highest designation (A-V) from the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Rating Review. He was recognized as a "Super Lawyer" in the field of Construction Litigation every year since 2006. He is also a Fellow in the Construction Lawyers Society of America, which is a nationwide organization of leading practitioners in the field.

Mr. Katz obtained his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Brooklyn Law School. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a...

Daniel D’Costa, Esq. is the managing partner at D’Costa Law, P.C. His practice focuses on FINRA securities arbitration, fraud, personal injury, workers’ compensation, and insurance provider denials of no-fault benefits for both injured parties and health care providers. As an experienced litigator, Daniel has represented all types of clients around the nation and abroad in court and various forms of alternative dispute resolution forums. Daniel is passionate about the law, his clients and providing personal attention to each of his clients in order to make the legal process as stress free as possible while achieving the best possible outcome. Daniel represents...

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Mr. Williams' experience includes both trial and transactional work. Mr. Williams has appeared in Federal and State courts, representing individuals and businesses in various matters, including claims involving Employment Discrimination, Bankruptcy Adversarial Proceedings, Breach of Contract, Real Estate Disputes, Real Estate Partition, Real Estate Litigation, Shareholder Disputes, and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP). On the transactional side of his practice, Mr. Williams focuses on Private Placement Memorandum (PPM), Choice of Entities issues, Partnership Dissolution, Post-and-pre-nuptial Agreements, and Trusts and Estate Planning.

Diane Mall Sammarco is Of Counsel to Rich, Intelisano & Katz, LLP. Ms. Sammarco represents investors in securities arbitration and litigation against financial firms, as well as employees in industry disputes and self-regulatory investigations. Ms. Sammarco joined the firm’s predecessor, Rich & Intelisano, LLP, in 2008.

In June 2010, Ms. Sammarco was part of the team at Rich & Intelisano, LLP that won the Bayou v. Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing case: a $20.6 million FINRA arbitration award against Goldman Sachs related to the Bayou hedge fund fraud. The 18-day hearing generated a 100% recovery of the compensatory damages requested. It...

Attorney Stuart Meissner was born in 1962 in Brooklyn, New York. He earned his Bachelor’s and Juris Doctorate from Hofstra University. He went on to earn his masters of law degree from New York University Law School. He opened his own practice, Meissner Associates, twenty years ago in 2001 in Manhattan, New York. His practice focuses primarily on SEC whistleblower cases, investment disputes, securities violations, and FINRA arbitration. After 9/11, Attorney Meissner volunteered at Ground Zero on “the pile” on the “bucket brigade” along with fire and police officers, sifting through debris trying to find survivors. He was later subsequently...

New York attorney Timothy J. Dennin is a focused advocate for investors, not a general practice litigator. His extraordinary record of recovering lost money, and his national and international clientele attest to his commitment to seeing justice done.

Timothy J. Dennin began his career as an assistant district attorney in Nassau County, New York, and subsequently as a lawyer in the Washington, D.C., office of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Dennin received a J.D., with honors, from St. John’s University School of Law in 1983 and a Bachelor of Arts from the College of the Holy Cross in 1978.

He is...

Jonathan Savella is a Manhattan-based defense attorney with over 10 years of litigation experience in federal and state courts. He represents corporations and individuals in complex civil and criminal matters at the trial and appellate level.

Justin Nematzadeh is the Founder and Managing Member of Nematzadeh PLLC. Through practicing at prestigious law firms, he has amassed a record of results through first-chair experience, especially in trials, on behalf of businesses of all sizes, entrepreneurs, the government, public and private institutional investors, and individuals. He has played roles in actions that resulted in recoveries amounting to over $3.53 billion for litigants. In 2018, Justin was honored as a Rising Star under 40 years of age by Law360® in Class Actions, a prestigious award given to a select few “top litigators and dealmakers practicing at a level usually seen...

John M. Giordano is Of Counsel to Rich Intelisano & Katz. He brings over 30 years of experience, skill and knowledge to a broad array of legal matters. His practice areas include Business, Construction, Employment, International, Real Estate, and Securities Law. Mr. Giordano is committed to providing proactive, creative, and client-focused advocacy.

Mr. Giordano obtained his B.A. at Ithaca College. He earned his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law. Mr. Giordano's jurisdictions include the State of New York and the United States District Courts in the Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Gerard Romski serves as Of Counsel at Rich, Intelisano & Katz, LLP. Mr. Romski practices in the areas of construction litigation, real estate and land use law, commercial law and government relations.

Mr. Romski holds a Bachelor of Arts from the New York Institute of Technology and received his Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School. He is a member of the bar of State of New York and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern District of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Romski is on the Board...