With a record unmatched in this highly specialized area, John Lawrence Allen is often called upon to provide expert commentary for print and electronic media. Many of John Allen's cases have been reported by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Business Week, USA Today, Barron's, Associated Press and Reuters, as well as The NBC Evening News With Tom Brokaw, PBS Nightly Business Report, CNN, CNBC, National Public Radio and other national television and radio programs.
Securities disputes with brokerage firms and investment advisors involve complex legal and business principals and, therefore, require a depth of knowledge far beyond the practice of law. With rare exception, virtually all disputes with a brokerage firm mandate arbitration before a self regulatory organization such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
The arbitration of brokerage disputes is radically different from a court or civil jury trial and requires a specialized set of skills and experience to achieve a successful result. Securities attorneys must have a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the brokerage industry's customs and practice, rules and regulations, as well as first hand experience concerning the internal workings of a brokerage house.
John Lawrence Allen has the requisite skill, knowledge and experience necessary to do battle with the powerful law firms that Wall Street brokerages hire to defend investor claims against them. In 1973, Mr. Allen joined the Los Angels District Attorneys Office and quickly distinguished himself as an aggressive and highly competent trial lawyer. Mr. Allen served as a Vice President of Investments at two major Wall Street brokerage firms and was managing partner of a stock arbitrage investment firm. Drawing upon his extensive civil and criminal trial experience, as well as his intimate understanding of the internal workings of the brokerage community, Mr. Allen has developed a unique and highly successful method of presenting investor claims in arbitration proceedings before FINRA and other alternative dispute resolution forums.
FINRA arbitration panels consist of three members from the business community, one of whom is a brokerage industry member. In order to achieve success in this unique setting, attorneys must be very familiar with the nuances and guidelines that arbitrators rely on when deciding whether they will award damages to investors. Because arbitrators generally decide cases based upon rules of equity, rather than rules of law, Mr. Allen has assembled a highly skilled team of experts who work with him preparing exhibits, charts, graphs, and computer generated simulations that present evidence more suited to a forum of equity than a court of law.
Business people readily understand an equitable presentation of the facts and circumstances that caused investment losses. Securities attorneys must comprehend the critical distinction between trying a lawsuit based upon legal principals and presenting an arbitration claim based upon equitable principals. The Law Offices of John Lawrence Allen has been presenting arbitration claims on behalf of investors for over a decade. If you have suffered an investment loss and want to know if you can hold your broker and his or her brokerage firm accountable for your losses, click on the questionnaire and provide the requested information. Your answers will remain strictly confidential and will only be used by our office to evaluate your potential claim.
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