Our Unique and Notable Record
The Meissner firm is unlike many other firms who claim to represent investors. Mr. Meissner directly supervises any case the firm is retained on. Mr. Meissner’s record of never having lost any in person arbitration* has been maintained
ever since he opened his own law firm in 2001 after having been a New York prosecutor for the New York Attorney General and Manhattan DA's Office for over 11 years
and then being employed as a Senior Associate at
securities arbitration/litigation defense firm
defending brokerage houses.
Being a former prosecutor brings many unique aspects to the firm’s practice: carefully screening cases; selective acceptance of securities arbitration matters;
and refusing to adopt the “mill” approach to the practice
by accepting only a limited number of arbitration
matters. This enables the firm to focus on winning each and every case we accept.
From the beginning all client matters are not just reviewed based on the firm's vast experience, but also all matters are reviewed by independent outside experts with either supervisory experience in major brokerage houses and/or by Certified Financial Planners (CFPs) that have in depth experience in financial planning or by experts in damage analysis.
The Meissner firm pays careful attention to screening arbitrators for each case and where appropriate will make inquiries and challenges so that each case is heard by a fair and neutral panel without conflicts. The Meissner firm also utilizes its experience with regulators and even with the press to ensure that all relevant evidence is obtained and heard and not just what the brokerage firm chooses to provide. The firm's experience, careful attention to each part of the process serves to maximize potential settlement offers and/or hearing results in each case it accepts.
As a result the firm has soundly beaten all investor win statistics related to such awards as publicized by the NASD and have returned to many investors literally millions of dollars of investor funds. |
