Lisa Mitchum, Certified PLS, a legal assistant with the firm, was recently installed as a Regional Director of NALS…the association for legal professionals (http://www.nals.org) for a second term during NALS’ Professional Development and Education Conference held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 11-13, 2011. The 60th Annual NALS Education Conference & National Forum will be held October […]
Lisa Mitchum, Certified PLS, reelected as Region 4 Director of NALS, Inc.
Lisa Mitchum, Certified PLS, a legal assistant with the firm, was recently installed as a Regional Director of NALS – the association for legal professionals (http://www.nals.org) – for a second term during NALS’ Professional Development and Education Conference held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 11-13, 2011. The 60th Annual NALS Education Conference & National Forum will […]
Leveraged ETFs
These Wall Street products take a simple idea and make it way too risky for ninety-nine out of a hundred investors. The simple idea is the Exchange Traded Fund, or ETF. These are index funds. Unlike mutual funds that trade only at the end of the day, ETFs can be bought and sold throughout the […]
Brian Smiley Recognized by Georgia Super Lawyers Magazine
Brian Smiley has been named by Georgia Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Georgia for 2011. Only 5% of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers. The selections for this esteemed list are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, which is a service of the Thomson Reuters […]
John C. Porter, Jr. Recognized by Georgia Super Lawyers Magazine
John C. Porter, Jr. has been named by Georgia Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Georgia for 2011. Only 5% of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers. The selections for this esteemed list are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, which is a service of […]
Investors Growl as Bear Market Losses Sink In
Columnist Andrew Leckey cites Brian Smiley on a broker’s duties. Investing is not a game. That point is brutally driven home during every bear market, when dreams are shattered and investors doubt themselves, their brokers and even the financial system.
Wall Street: With The New Year, New Scams
New York Times quotes Brian Smiley on investment scams. An investor stampede for mutual funds that invest in “Republican” investment plays? A brokerage firm that cleans up selling its underwritings of Chinese cellular phone companies to United States municipalities? Where will the financial scams, disasters and embarrassments of 1995 be found? And will the D-word […]
Nabih v. Shearson Lehman Hutton
Wealthy international investor recovers losses and fees. Brian Smiley represented an Egyptian accountant who invested funds with a US brokerage firm’s Atlanta office. His broker churned his funds and sent him false information concerning the status of his accounts. An NYSE arbitration panel awarded the client all of his losses, his costs, and his attorneys’ fees. He […]
Investing: Brokers Who Call Cold And Follow Hot Scripts
Brian Smiley comments in New York Times article about cold calls from brokers. The first call is a warm-up. “Hello, is this Mr. Joe Smith? Joe, this is Sally Script with Wannamakabuck Investment Bankers in New York. Joe . . . (pause) before I go any further, I want you to relax. I’m not calling to sell […]
