When a financial advisor or brokerage firm mishandles your investments, you have the right to fight back. We help investors recover losses through FINRA arbitration, nationwide.
Most of our clients are not day traders. They are retirees, families, and business owners who followed advice that turned out to be negligent or self-serving.
Your account fell far more than the market, or a "conservative" portfolio was anything but.
You were steered into high-commission products or risky bets that never fit your goals.
Unexplained trades, missing statements, or an advisor who suddenly stops returning your calls.
Every case is a form of broken trust. Here is how that breach usually shows up.
Every recommendation your broker makes is supposed to fit you — your age, your income, your time horizon, and how much risk you can actually afford to take. When a retiree living on fixed income is put into illiquid alternatives or speculative products, that recommendation was unsuitable the day it was made.
Signs to look for
Churning is trading your account not because the trades help you, but because each one pays the broker. The tell is activity that has no relationship to any strategy — positions bought and sold in weeks, the same security cycled in and out, commissions quietly consuming the account.
Signs to look for
Unless you gave your broker written discretionary authority, they need your approval before every trade. Selling a position you wanted to hold, or buying something you never discussed, is not a service — it is a trade made without the consent the rules require.
Signs to look for
Brokers and the firms that employ them owe you diligence: research before recommending, supervision of the people giving advice, and attention to an account once money is in it. Losses that came from nobody doing that work are not simply bad luck.
Signs to look for
In a Ponzi scheme there is no real investment behind the statements — the "returns" paid to earlier investors come from money put in by later ones. The account statements look healthy right up until the money stops. Where a brokerage firm's representative steered you in, that firm may bear responsibility.
Signs to look for
What was left out can matter as much as what was said. A product pitched on its upside, with the lock-up period, the leverage, or the possibility of total loss never mentioned, was not honestly presented — whether the omission was deliberate or careless.
Signs to look for
This is the category where the conduct was intentional: forged signatures, funds moved out of your account, personal information used to open accounts you never authorized. It often surfaces only when a statement arrives that does not match what you believed you owned.
Signs to look for
Your account agreement, the investment policy you signed, the allocation you were promised — these are commitments. When a firm disregards its own written terms and you lose money as a result, that is a breach you can bring a claim on.
Signs to look for
"Don't put all your eggs in one basket" is not just folk wisdom — diversification is a basic professional obligation. When a large share of your portfolio sits in a single stock, sector, or product, one bad outcome takes your retirement with it.
Signs to look for
For nearly two decades, Andrew defended brokerage firms, investment advisors, and stockbrokers in FINRA and AAA arbitrations. He now uses that insider knowledge on the other side, for the investors those firms harmed.
A member of the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association and a FINRA-trained arbitrator, Andrew handles claims nationwide on a contingency basis. Every client works directly with him.
Most investor agreements require disputes to be resolved through FINRA arbitration instead of court. It is faster and private, when you have the right advocate.
We review your statements and history at no cost to see if you have a claim.
We draft and file your Statement of Claim with FINRA on your behalf.
Discovery, expert analysis, and negotiation, often leading to settlement.
If needed, we present your case to arbitrators and pursue full recovery.
Real experiences from retirees, families, and business owners who turned to Andrew M. Greenidge to recover their life savings and hold financial institutions accountable.
“When our financial advisor steered our retirement into speculative private placements that collapsed, we felt sick and completely hopeless. Andrew evaluated our statements, explained the FINRA arbitration process with total transparency, and fought relentlessly. Because of his work, we recovered the bulk of our savings. We cannot recommend him highly enough.”
“Having an attorney who spent nearly 20 years on the brokerage defense side gave us an undeniable strategic edge. Andrew anticipated every defense tactic the firm threw at us and negotiated a settlement far beyond what we thought possible. He kept us informed and always answered our calls directly.”
“After discovering unauthorized option trades in my elderly mother's account, we reached out to Andrew. From our very first consultation, he treated our family with dignity and genuine empathy. He handled the entire arbitration on contingency, took all the stress off our shoulders, and secured an outstanding financial recovery.”
“Andrew reviewed our overconcentrated portfolio losses and gave us an honest, transparent assessment of our legal options. His preparation for the FINRA mediation was thorough and compelling, resulting in a favorable settlement without having to endure a full hearing. Working with him was the best decision we made.”
There is usually a limited window to file a FINRA claim. A short conversation today can protect your right to recover tomorrow.
