Serving the South Florida area and Nationwide. Our law firm has represented hundreds of investors nationwide and recovered millions of dollars from Wall Street brokerage firms on their behalf.
The process of retrieving your lost or missing assets from the Government can be a time consuming, confusing, and burdensome process. Our firm’s specialty is to work directly with the State of Florida and recover those assets on your behalf.
Probate is the legal process of administering the estate of a deceased person, resolving all claims and distributing the deceased person’s property under a will.
FINRA arbitration panel awarded our clients over 1.4 million dollars in a case brought by victims of the Stanford Ponzi scheme against Pershing LLC. The FINRA arbitration panel determined that Pershing, LLC, who acted as the clearing firm for our clients, was negligent in processing wire requests for the purchase of Stanford CD’s and ultimately assisted in the Ponzi scheme perpetrated by convicted felon, Alan Stanford.1.4 Million $ Award
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We recognize the importance of working closely with our clients in order to provide legal solutions.
Charles E. Scarlett is an attorney with over thirty (30) years of broad-based experience concentrated in the field of securities litigation, arbitration and regulatory matters, as well as successfully representing customer-victims of stockbroker misconduct.
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Scott D. Hirsch has a broad range of experience representing clients in civil litigation matters in federal and state court as well as representing investors before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”).
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Paralegal
A certified paralegal from NALA, Rebecca has 9 years of experience not only in the legal industries of real estate and probate, but specifically in the Unclaimed Property. As a member of the Scarlett & Hirsch team, Rebecca heads our firm’s Unclaimed Property division.
Legal Assistant
A Legal Assistant with vast experience in business administration, estate planning, corporate law, intellectual property and business litigation. Jessica has held several professional and executive positions in the municipal, engineering and legal industries. As a member of the Scarlett & Hirsch team, Jessica assists the attorneys and clients with probating estates and civil litigation matters.
Almost all brokerage firms have an arbitration clause in the customer agreement. Therefore, you have probably waived your right to go to court and you must arbitrate your case. Arbitration is usually quicker and less expensive than filing a lawsuit.
Probate is necessary to pass ownership of the decedent’s probate assets to the decedent’s beneficiaries. If the decedent left a valid will, unless the will is admitted to probate in the court, it will be ineffective to pass ownership of probate assets to the decedent’s beneficiaries. If the decedent had no will, probate is necessary to pass ownership of the decedent’s probate assets to those persons who are to receive them under Florida law.
A civil litigation attorney is an attorney that handles the entire process of filing, pursuing or defending a non-criminal lawsuit on your behalf. Additionally, a civil litigation attorney can advise you on whether your case is best suited for court, or can be handled better outside of the courtroom; such as through mediation or arbitration.
The average time from the filing of the Statement of Claim through a final hearing is approximately twelve months.
Purchasing real estate is probably the biggest investment you will ever make. With that in mind, you will probably want to insure it not only to protect it from fire and theft but also from title defects that may allow someone else to hold a claim to your property.
On December 21, 2017 the SEC announced charges against the Woodbridge group and its owners who allegedly ran a 1.2 billon dollar Ponzi scheme, which was formally headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. According to the SEC’s Complaint which was unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the Woodbridge […]
Scarlett & Hirsch, P.A. is investigating claims for investors who purchased Merrill Lynch Strategic Return Notes. These volatility-linked structured notes were marketed to investors as being low cost, when in fact they were not. FINRA recently fined Merrill Lynch $5 Million for its negligent and misleading disclosures in the sale of these investments. If you […]
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) issued a new Investor Alert last week called “Messaging Apps Are Latest Platform for Delivering Pump-and-Dump Scams.” FINRA warns investors of stock promotions sent through messaging apps such as WhatsApp. WhatsApp users were inundated with text messages touting the stock of Avra Inc. The messages appeared to be sent […]
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