Menzer & Hill, P.A. represents investors in the recovery of losses at the result of brokerage firms' failure to supervise their financial advisors who engage in unsuitable investment recommendations, the excessive trading of investors' accounts, inappropriate allocation of portfolio assets, misrepresentations and/or material omissions of fact resulting in fraud, negligence, breach of fiduciary duties, selling away, failure to advise their clients of risk management strategies and excessive use of margin.

In addition to their legal and arbitration experience, the attorneys and founding partners of Menzer & Hill, P.A. bring with them extensive securities industry experience which include in-house and chief corporate brokerage counsel, chief compliance officer supervising and regulating the practice of stockbrokers and financial advisors, as well as sales experience with advising clients and recommending the sale of securities and insurance.  The attorneys and founding partners have essentially switched hats where they once represented the industry and broker-dealers, they now represent aggrieved investors.  This yields a unique experience giving the firm intimate knowledge of the misconduct of brokers and the details and nuances of the securities and insurance products they recommend.

Practice Areas

We represent clients in cases involving the following practice areas:

• Securities Arbitration / Litigation
• Annuities and Insurance Arbitration / Litigation
• Investment Advisor and Financial Planning Arbitration / Litigation
• Hedge Fund and Alternative Investment Fraud Arbitration / Litigation
• Futures and Commodities Arbitration / Litigation
• Broker Representation

Investigations/Cases

Based on current events and regulatory focus on these special securities and products, these are some of the areas that Menzer & Hill, P.A. are investigating:

• Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
• Indexed Annuities
• Variable Annuities
• Structured Products

Menzer & Hill, P.A. is truly dedicated and devoted to making sure that the average investor is protected and represented against the abuses of Wall Street.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into certain types of stock trade orders that could be distorting share prices and trading volume, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The SEC is investigating the practice called "quote stuffing" where exceptionally large numbers of orders to buy or sell stocks are placed and canceled almost immediately, the Journal said citing anonymous sources. It is also reviewing another practice known as "sub-penny pricing," where orders are priced in increments smaller than a penny, but are far from the price at which the stock is trading.

Quote stuffing and sub-penny pricing have become more prevalent as high-frequency computer trading has become the dominant part of the stock market in recent years, the Journal said.

The SEC could also be trying to determine if the pair of practices played a role in the May 6 "flash crash," a panicked disruption in trading that saw the Dow Jones industrials drop hundreds of points in minutes.

The Journal said the SEC wants to figure out if the practices artificially drive stock prices lower or help make it appear there is more trading volume than there truly is, which would allow sellers to profit from perceived rising demand. Manipulating share prices to benefit from the distortions would be considered illegal.

Menzer & Hill, P.A., is a nationally known securities law firm headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.  The primary focus of the Firm is representing investors nationwide that have lost money due to the negligence of their brokers/financial advisors and the failure to supervise by their broker-dealers. Menzer & Hill, having formerly held Corporate Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Positions for a publicly traded broker-dealer, bring a truly unique perspective and understanding of how broker-dealers defend against arbitration claims as well as the knowledge of the insurance coverage these firms carry. 

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Connecticut's Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against the state by workers who said they were entitled to $127 million in stock proceeds used by the state to fill a budget gap.

The 6-1 decision issued Wednesday centers on 2.2 million shares that Anthem Insurance Co. issued when it converted from a mutual company to a stock company in 2001.

Former public defender Ronald Gold alleged he and up to 40,000 other state workers were entitled to the profits as policyholders. The state said the government, not the individuals, held the policy.

Gold's attorney says they still have a pending lawsuit against Anthem, alleging it gave the stock to the wrong entity.

Ali Hariri, a former executive at Atheros Communications, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy and securities fraud in what federal prosecutors call the largest hedge fund inside trading case in history. It is one in a series of guilty pleas through which prosecutors are trying to draw a net around Raj Rajaratnam, founder and operator of the Galleon Hedge Fund.

Hariri admitted he tipped off a co-conspirator to Atheros' earnings report. The co-conspirator then bought more than half a million shares of Atheros before the public announcement sent the share price up by 6 percent. The co-conspirator made hundreds of thousands of dollars from the trades.

Hariri, 38, of San Francisco, faces a maximum of 25 years in prison at his June 10 sentencing.

Airgas Inc urged its shareholders on Monday to reject a $5.1 billion tender offer from larger rival Air Products & Chemicals Inc, arguing the offer substantially undervalues the industrial gas supplier.

The move was widely expected, and Airgas investors now have until April 9 to formally consider Air Products's $60-per-share cash offer.

However even if a majority of Airgas shareholders sell their shares, the Airgas board still has a "poison pill" in place to keep any one party from acquiring too large a stake.

Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Air Products took the bid hostile earlier this month by launching the tender after being privately rejected twice by Airgas's board.

If successful, Air Products would become the biggest industrial gas company in North America, allowing Air Products to gain substantial benefits from the economy's resurgence after the recession abates.

The founder of the failed Wild West World theme park, Thomas Etheredge was found guilty on seven of nine counts of securities fraud.

Etheredge, 55, maintained that he provided enough information about his past, in publishing the book, “Real Men, Real Faith”. In 1987, Etheredge was convicted on nine counts of securities fraud.

However, the prosecution insisted that the book lulled investors into a false sense of security.

During the trial, Etheredge testified that in spite of budgeting correctly, poor weather and construction cost overruns caused the park’s failure.

The jury spent nearly two days in deliberation before reaching their verdict. The two counts where Etheredge was found not guilty involved investors that sought out Etheredge.