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UB Greensfelder Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 List
August 15, 2024
- Obtained summary judgment for national broker-dealer on all of plaintiff’s claims regarding perceived issues with a power of attorney document and withdrawals made by plaintiff’s attorney-in-fact. Thomas Calvey v. Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Case No. 1:19 CV 936 (decision affirmed on appeal by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Case No. 20-3423).
- Received award recommending expungement of two customer complaints from financial advisor’s publicly-available BrokerCheck Report records. Daniel Lauletta v. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. et al., FINRA Arbitration
No. 18-04142. - Obtained summary judgment for local radiology practice group on all of plaintiff’s 12 causes of action stemming from allegations that radiology practice group breached the plaintiff’s employment agreement. Dr. Keni Augustin v. Ohio Imaging Associates, Inc., Court of Common Pleas for Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Case No. CV-18-904581.
- Successfully defended national broker-dealer against former employee’s claims of defamation and tortious interference and received award in which the panel denied all of the claimant’s claims and rejected the claimant’s request for $500,000 in damages. Christine Marie Paul v. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, FINRA Arbitration No. 16-03702.
- Received award recommending expungement of customer complaint from financial advisor’s publicly-available BrokerCheck Report records. Richard Wagenfeld v. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, et al., FINRA Arbitration No. 17-01674.
- Successfully defended national broker-dealer and its employees in FINRA arbitration hearing involving complex issues of competency and elder abuse. The claimants, relatives of the deceased customer, alleged that respondents fraudulently induced the decedent to liquidate millions of dollars of municipal bonds and to use the proceeds to purchase shares in a money market fund, earning significantly less interest. The claimants sought over $15 million in damages. The panel denied the claimants’ claims in their entirety and recommended expungement of all references to the case from the the publicly-available BrokerCheck Report records of the employees involved. Estate of Jerry Castellone aka Gennaro Castellone v. Chase Investment Services Corp., et al., FINRA Arbitration No. 11-03837.
