Highlands Securities Lawyers

John R. Menz has represented corporate and individual clients in sophisticated legal matters concerning contract disputes, securities regulation, real property, product liability and employment law. He has litigated and arbitrated cases in a variety of forums, including federal courts, state courts, the American Arbitration Association, and the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Menz offers corporate and individual clients a fluent understanding of the terms, conditions and strategies involved in complex financial transactions gained from his long legal experience and skills obtained as a former tax accountant at Price Waterhouse.

Mr. Menz has successfully defended claims against financial institutions in courts and...

Michael S. Komar has almost twenty-five years of experience handling complex insurance coverage and commercial litigation matters. Mr. Komar's insurance coverage litigation experience has included handling dozens actions involving pollution, asbestos, silica, lead paint, toxic tort, construction defect, general liability and California Prop. 64 and 65 claims, in addition to representing insurance clients in prepackaged bankruptcy, reinsurance, broker liability and first-party property disputes. Many of the coverage actions defended by Mr. Komar involved claims not only for declaratory judgment and breach of contract, but also bad faith and unfair claim handling practices.

Mr. Komar has developed an intimate working knowledge of...

Adam Gana serves as the managing partner of the law firm of Gana Weinstein LLP. His practice focuses on all aspects of securities arbitration. Mr. Gana's experience includes securities arbitration and litigation in various dispute resolution forums including JAMS, NFA and FINRA and litigation in both State and Federal Courts. As lead counsel, Mr. Gana has tried more than forty cases to verdict before the state and federal trial and appellate courts, AAA, and has settled hundreds more cases through mediation and direct negotiation.

Mr. Gana was named in the New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars® for eight straight years (an...

My legal practice has always involved the representation of stock market participants, including investors, financial professionals and firms, nationwide. My work includes representation of in connection with FINRA Examinations and Enforcement Proceedings, as well as SEC investigations. I also represent individual brokers from virtually every major firm in their contract negotiations, employment termination, U-4 and U-5 issues. In specialized situations where the facts or law present novel issues, I also represent investors. I have appeared before arbitration panels and regulators in 22 states, have written legal columns for a number of industry publications, been a...

Mr. Timoni is an established business lawyer and Certified Public Accountant with more than 35 years’ experience in the health care, real estate and hospitality industries.

His primary focus is the representation of corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, nonprofit organizations, closely held businesses and entrepreneurs. Mr. Timoni regularly advises clients regarding entity formation and restructuring, financing, technology licensing, franchising, mergers, acquisitions and sales, joint ventures, dissolutions, taxation, valuation, corporate governance and regulatory issues. In the health care field, Mr. Timoni represents health care providers concerning managed care contracting, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement; privacy, including HIPAA; fraud and abuse; legal and ethical...

Robert W. Anderson’s practice emphasizes the particular needs of fast growing, entrepreneurial companies. He has extensive experience in representing business clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property matters, cybersecurity, securities law matters, internet law matters, and start up companies and business formations and operation.

Bob represents companies and investors involved in technology, manufacturing, health care, Internet, education, and other industries. He also serves as President of The Parlex Group, an international network of mid-sized law firms in Europe, Israel and Asia, which work together to handle cross-border transactions around the world.

I bring twenty years of financial experience and fifteen years of criminal law experience to the firm. My financial skills were honed at the Wall Street offices of J.P. Morgan, Chase Manhattan Bank and Kidder Peabody. My criminal law skills were developed as a Public Defender and as the First Assistant Prosecutor in Ocean County.

Joseph M. Lucosky is the founding and Managing Partner of Lucosky Brookman LLP and oversees both the transactional and litigation departments. Mr. Lucosky has a broad multidisciplinary practice that includes extensive experience in litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory investigations (including FINRA and SEC matters), negotiated mergers and acquisitions; domestic and cross-border investments/joint ventures; the representation of private equity; venture capital and other private investment funds, placement agents and underwriters; securities offerings; private and public financings (including secured and unsecured lending); bankruptcy transactions; real estate matters; and various other types of commercial transactions. In addition, he counsels corporate boards, and board...

Highly experienced and certified trial attorney with integrity. Knowledgeable in the areas of malpractice and personal injury. Very professional and is a relentless advocate for his clients. Other lawyers trust him with their cases when they need help. Clients and lawyers can feel confident when they have Ray on their side.

The focus of our practice is the representation of individual and institutional investors in arbitrations and litigations involving claims of breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, mismanagement, stock fraud, suitability, unauthorized trading, negligence and churning.

I also regularly represent those who work in the financial services regarding recruiting practices including issues relating to the Protocol for Broker Recruiting; non-solicit, non-compete and other restrictive covenants; customer privacy and other regulatory issues; best-practices for preserving a book of business through a transition; Form U5 negotiations; responding to FINRA inquiries; promissory notes; bonus disputes; team disputes; temporary restraining orders (TROs); expedited FINRA arbitrations;...

David S. Rich is the founding member of the Law Offices of David S. Rich, LLC. Mr. Rich is a New York City Business Litigation Attorney. Mr. Rich litigates civil, commercial, employment, and securities matters in federal and state courts in New York and New Jersey, and arbitrates such matters before FINRA and other arbitral bodies. Mr. Rich also litigates appeals. Mr. Rich has represented clients in, among other civil and commercial matters, breach of contract actions, business torts cases, bankruptcy and adversary proceedings, civil racketeering actions, oppressed minority shareholder disputes, product liability litigation, franchisor-franchisee litigation, qui tam...

Keith M. Fleischman is a founding partner of Fleischman Bonner & Rocco, as well as its predecessor firm, Fleischman Law Firm, PLLC. Keith is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who has successfully investigated, litigated, and tried to verdict some of the largest and most complex civil and criminal cases in the country. Keith began his career as a prosecutor, first with the Bronx District Attorney’s Office and later with the Department of Justice. His practice presently focuses on representing public and private companies, financial institutions, and institutional investors in connection with the prosecution and defense of complex...

Alexander is a litigation generalist with experience prosecuting and defending a wide variety of civil actions in state and federal courts across New York and New Jersey. Born and raised in northern New Jersey, Alexander hails from a family of lawyers and brings the collective wisdom of their past legal practice experience to bear for the benefit of his friends and clients. A graduate of Duke University and Seton Hall Law School, Alexander received his early legal training and experience at a premier regional law firm before spending several years as an associate with one of America’s largest firms. Alexander started...

Solo attorney in Hoboken, with full practice, catering to the representation of aggrieved investors against brokers and investment firms.

Thomas A. Utzinger is an attorney and consultant in New Jersey. He is the Managing Member of GlacierAdvisory LLC, a public policy and business advisory firm focused on sustainability-related strategies. For more than twenty years, Thomas has worked in government, law firm, corporate, and consulting positions in Washington, D.C., New York, and New Jersey. This experience provides a broad perspective as to the current policy and regulatory issues facing various industry sectors. Thomas holds an LL.M. in Environmental Law from The George Washington University Law School, a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, and a B.A. in History from...

Financial services attorney primarily focused on resolving disputes through securities arbitration before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), in addition to state and federal court litigation on select securities and consumer matters. On behalf of aggrieved investors, seek recovery of investment losses due to defective financial products or the wrongdoing of a broker or wealth manager. On behalf of securities industry professionals, offer representation on a broad range of matters including broker transitions, compensation-related disputes and employment matters including U5 expungement.