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Contents

GPB Capital Holdings _______________________________________________________________________________ 2

GPB Capital Holdings Investigations __________________________________________________________________ 3

GPB Capital Auditor Issues __________________________________________________________________________ 4

Other GPB Capital Issues ____________________________________________________________________________ 5

Why do so many investors own GPB? _________________________________________________________________ 6

What Should GPB Capital Investors Do? _______________________________________________________________ 7

Are you a victim of investment fraud? ________________________________________________________________ 7

6 Steps to Maximize Your Potential Recovery of Losses __________________________________________________ 8 Step One: Determine if your financial professional is a current or former member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Association (FINRA). ____________________________________________________________________ 8 Step Two: Do Not Delay. __________________________________________________________________________ 9 Step Three: Speak to An Attorney. __________________________________________________________________ 9 Step Four: Consider…Should You Rely on Regulators? __________________________________________________ 10 Step Five: Begin Interviewing Potential New Financial Advisors. _________________________________________ 11 Step Six: Get Organized. _________________________________________________________________________ 11

Why We Do This – Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A. __________________________________________________________ 12

Why Choose Haselkorn & Thibaut? __________________________________________________________________ 14

What clients are saying about Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A. ________________________________________________ 16


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GPB Capital Holdings GPB Capital Holdings is a New York based alternative asset management firm that is believed to have raised $1.8 billion dollars in capital for several funds. GPB Capital Holdings (“GPB”) purportedly invests in (among other industries) waste management and automobile dealership businesses. GPB is under investigation by the Financial Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and several state and/or local regulatory agencies (in Massachusetts, and New York, and perhaps others as well). According to GPB, it raised $1.8 billion from investors and reportedly paid out more than $165 million in commissions to brokers and financial advisors that recommended GPB funds to investors.

Unfortunately, the value of GPB’s investment funds appears to have dropped rather dramatically in recent months as the company continues to miss filing deadlines and is accused of being a Ponzi-like scheme in various pending litigation matters. Whether or not the funds are even currently worth the value reported by GPB Capital as the sponsor remains to be seen and has not been verified as of yet by any outside auditor firms.

There are currently 10 separate companies:

GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP GPB Cold Storage, LP GPB Eurobond Finance PLC GPB Holdings II, LP GPB Holdings, III, LP GPB Holdings Qualified, LP GPB Holdings, LP GPB NYC Development GPB Scientific, LLC GPB Waste Management, LP formerly: GPB Waste Management Fund, LP.


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As an investor, you may want to begin by reviewing the basic information and records that you have in your files, including your emails, correspondence, account statements, and signed agreements, or other written materials.

For example:

What statements were provided to you? What was the original cost of these investments when they were recommended to you? Has your broker or financial advisor contacted you to review these investment holdings and

discuss the status? Did that discussion include or address the decline in value? Did the discussion include your overall investment strategy and where these particular

investments fit within that strategy?

GPB Capital Holdings Investigations GPB investors may have several reasons to be concerned about their GPB investment funds. As noted earlier, there are pending GPB investigations by FINRA, the SEC, the FBI, and several state and local regulators, along with pending lawsuits in multiple jurisdictions:

1) The firm ceased raising capital in 2018. 2) The firm’s auditor resigned. 3) The firm was publicly involved in a lawsuit with former business partner Patrick Dibre. In that

lawsuit, GPB Capital Holdings alleged that Mr. Dibre reneged on the sale to GPB Capital Holdings of certain auto dealerships causing the fund to lose $40 million. In his counterclaim, Mr. Dibre alleged GPB Capital Holdings is nothing more than “a very complicated and manipulative Ponzi scheme” and the firm made large payments to investors based on bogus financial data, used an alternative and undisclosed investment strategy to produce dividends for investors and falsified financial statements to conceal its fraudulent activities.


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4) The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. (FINRA) opened an investigation. 5) It has been reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched an

investigation. 6) The State of Massachusetts has opened a pending investigation. 7) As of March 2019, the firm is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). 8) In June 2019, GPB Capital revised its share price values down, reflecting significant losses in

funds, some up to -74% of the original value. 9) In October 2019, GPB Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer was indicted.

GPB Capital Auditor Issues In November 2018, GPB disclosed that the auditor for all GPB partnerships (Crowe LLP) resigned due to “perceived risks that Crowe determined fell outside of their internal risk tolerance.” See Cadez v. GPB Holdings, LP, et al (Del. Ch. CA No. 2019-0071-SG).

After over a year, investors are still left asking what were those perceived risks and what exactly does it mean to investors if they fell outside of the auditor’s internal risk tolerance?

GPB Capital has never directly addressed these issues for investors, and the financial advisors making recommendations to investors to continue to “hold” their GPB investments have no additional information to answer these questions.


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Other GPB Capital Issues In September 2018, a former compliance officer at one of the 63 broker-dealer firms selling GPB investment funds to public investors filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her broker-dealer (Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments) sold GPB investments despite serious red flags.

In those allegations there appeared to be information (from 2016) suggesting conflicts of interest, including investor funds potentially being utilized for personal business interests. The alleged whistleblower’s opinion appeared to be that GPB funds should not have been approved for sale to retail investors on the broker-dealer firm’s platform. See: Toni Caiazzo Neff v. PKS Holdings, LLC et al E.D. Pa. 18-cv-01826.

In June 2019, National Financial Services, one of the largest clearing firms in the United States, reportedly removed GPB Capital from its platform, and gave clients only 90 days to move those investments to another custodian firm. The decision to remove GPB Capital from National Financial Services platform was purportedly made because GPB has “no clear value.” A GPB executive was quoted (anonymously) in an effort to clarify as saying that “…just because the custodian and clearing firm don’t have a value doesn’t mean there is no value in the security.” See Investment News, on 6/17/19, Fidelity’s National Financial Raises More Questions About GPB Private Placements. Such statements do not appear to be enough to calm most investors in light of the list of other prior events.

Later in June 2019, GPB informed investors that updated valuations have decreased even further, some by another -25%.


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Despite these declines, and negative events, many financial advisors continue to try to tell a positive story, but based on what facts or evidence, it’s unclear. Has your financial advisor contacted you to review the investment holdings and discuss the status after this additional reported decrease in value (as reported by the sponsor) or to share with you that the National Financial Services and other custodian providers are removing GPB Capital from their platform?

Why do so many investors own GPB? Brokers and financial advisors selling GPB investments are believed to have received more than $165 million in commissions. Many investors did not realize that the brokers and financial advisors were highly motivated to sell the GPB Capital investments as they earned an upward of an 8% commission (often much more incentive than other investments that better suited the retail client investor goals and objectives. It is believed that there are some 6,000 investors that have invested over $1 billion in GPB investments.

For brokers and financial advisors with a strong financial incentive to recommend clients invest in GPB, the question is often whether the broker-dealer firm properly and adequately reviewed the investment, properly approved it as a potential new product and whether or not the individual financial advisor performed his or her due diligence properly to determine that the investment was suitable at the time it was recommended. Similarly, did it become unsuitable for the investor over time?

For those investors relying upon a financial advisor that owed a fiduciary duty, the applicable standard is higher, as they are required to put the client’s interests ahead of their own at all times. The question in those cases may be whether the financial advisor had a conflict of interest or otherwise breached his or her fiduciary duty by stepping in front of the client’s best interest as a result of the commission structure of the GPB investments.

“Financial advisors and brokers have legal and regulatory responsibilities to adhere to the rules and

regulations of the securities industry.”

Financial advisors and brokers have legal and regulatory responsibilities to adhere to the rules and regulations of the securities industry. Financial advisors and brokers recommending GPB investments to clients also had a duty to continue to monitor these investments as the information above has come to light. What did they know, what did they recommend, and when did they recommend it to retail clients and what exactly were those recommendations based upon? Were the representations fair and balanced in terms of risk disclosures?

What investor clients were (or were not) told at the time of the recommendation, and, later, as that information has unfolded may also be a material issue.

Brokers and financial advisors also have a responsibility to conduct due diligence. Due diligence includes an initial investigation into the GPB investment: and that includes potential benefits, risks, tax consequences, as well as a review and investigation of GPB itself, the underlying business, the history of


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the company or business as well as key individuals, and other relevant factors, including any actual or potential conflicts of interest.

Appropriate due diligence would further identify issues that concern investors (compared to other potential investments) including high costs, high commissions, illiquidity, and conflicts of interests that would make the investment not suitable for retail investors or certain classes of retail investors such as retirees, elderly investors, etc. If the investments are long-term and illiquid in nature, that more than likely would not suit the investment objectives, needs, or goals of an elderly or retired investor in many cases.

There may also be issues as to whether due diligence files were properly updated as material issues including those noted above were made public, or could have been discoverable by the firms.

What Should GPB Capital Investors Do?

First, be aware that there is a limited time window for an investor to recover losses. There are potential statute of limitations, and potential FINRA customer dispute resolution rules, including a potential six-year eligibility rule. Finally, there are practical considerations as well in cases where investors are aware of losses and potential claims, but they choose to delay taking action.

At Haselkorn and Thibaut, InvestmentFraudLawyers.com, our attorneys specialize in helping investors maximize their recovery of their investment losses. We have substantial experience pursuing claims against brokerage firms and financial advisors on behalf of investors nationwide. If you purchased GPB Investments and you have realized or unrealized investment losses, you should consult an attorney. Our attorneys are available as public service to review your investment accounts and to counsel you and answer your questions at no charge.

Are you a victim of investment fraud? Investors may have a “gut feeling” something is not right in their accounts, but they may not exactly be able to put their finger on it. There are many different types of investment fraud and financial adviser malpractice that may caused losses and damages for investors, or for which there could be unrealized losses.

There may or may not be current realized losses, but an experienced attorney can help you determine whether you have a potential claim. Common claims often include:

breach of fiduciary duty,


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negligence, unsuitable recommendations, negligent supervision, failures to supervise, material misrepresentations or omissions, negligent due diligence, and overconcentration (among other potential claims)

Think back to what your original (or subsequent) purchases were based upon. What was your financial advisor saying at the time? Some red flags to look out for include:

High-pressure sales tactics Fancy dinners, meetings, glossy materials Promises of little to no risk Overly complex or vague descriptions of how the

underlying business investment generates a return Unrealistic guarantees of significant returns in short

periods of time Avoiding answers to questions and requests for

documentation Lack of licenses and certifications No discussions at all related to illiquidity

6 Steps to Maximize Your Potential Recovery of Losses The following six steps might be crucial to you in recovering your GPB investment losses.

Step One: Determine if your financial professional is a current or former member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Association (FINRA). FINRA oversees over 630,000 financial advisors and brokers at over 3,700 broker-dealer firms. It operates as a regulator overseeing brokers, financial advisors and broker-dealer firms. FINRA is a self-regulatory organization (“SRO”) registered with the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as a national securities association and the nation’s only registered securities association as well as the nation’s largest SRO. As an SRO, FINRA is part of the Exchange Act’s comprehensive plan for regulating the securities markets. Under the Act, the SEC must approve all FINRA rules, policies, practices, and interpretations before they are implemented, including the FINRA rules at issue in this matter. See 15 U.S.C. §78s(b).

Separate and apart from any regulatory functions, FINRA also operates an Office of Dispute Resolution. The Office of Dispute Resolution’s sole function is to operate an arbitration/mediation forum to resolve


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securities industry disputes between FINRA members and investors. Its authority and jurisdiction are limited to administering arbitrations/mediations.

FINRA customer dispute claims are often an attractive option for investors. These claims do not involve depositions, and are typically, faster, more efficient, and less expensive than many alternative forums available.

If your financial professional is (or was) registered with FINRA, you may have some additional options to consider. If you are not sure how to locate this information, or where to look, you should contact an experienced investment fraud and securities arbitration attorney and ask for assistance.

Step Two: Do Not Delay.

If you have a claim, time is typically not on your side. Most jurisdictions will have statute of limitations that will define the length of time you can assert a claim before it is considered stale or expired. Some of these cut-offs can be relatively short. Although there is potential for tolling or other exceptions, and a longer eligibility period from bringing customer dispute claims with FINRA, investors need to be careful if they delay taking action. First, there is the technical application of any statute of limitations or other legal cut-off after a certain time period. In addition, investors who later decide to pursue their claims, but who chose to wait are likely to have to overcome a credibility issue. For example, questions such as whether or not the investor “sat on their rights” or possibly took a “wait and see” approach are not just criticisms, they may actually serve to de-value an investor’s potential claim.

Step Three: Speak to An Attorney.

Are you required to have an attorney? No, you can proceed on your own. Before you do so, be sure to look at the statistics showing the success rates in similar claims for investors who proceed pro se (on their own) and those who retain experienced attorneys. Also consider your ability to dedicate the time and effort to handle the claim, your ability to know and understand exactly what documents you need to prove your claim, and your economic as well as other resources in the event you are best served by retaining an expert witness on damages or securities industry standards. You are likely to only get one chance to recover your damages, an attorney’s contingency fee may be a lot less expensive than a meager recovery because your case was not handled as well as it could have been handled.

Caution: Some investors either based on overconfidence, anger, frustration, or sometimes over-simplifying certain issues get frustrated or angry and they believe that sending a threatening letter or email will convince a financial advisor or a firm to return the original value of their investment. First, these efforts almost never succeed. Second, the moment you send the letter or hit the send button for one or more text messages or emails, there is a black & white record. Rarely will it have the desired effect on your financial advisor or the firm management, instead it is more often than not something for them to pick apart or cross-examine you with at a later date.


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Other investors in a similar manner start emailing state or federal regulators randomly believing that this will help them “add pressure” or prompt those agencies to address the fraud or malpractice issues with the firm or financial advisor. Same caution as above.

While retail investors may think this letter or email writing campaign effort makes it more likely the firm will resolve issues voluntarily, or they just feel better personally venting frustration and anger, the responses are typically not what the investors expect.

“Experienced counsel can assist you, if this is really the avenue you wish to pursue.”

Be careful! The suggestion to consult an experienced attorney is because these issues may not be as simple as they appear. We have seen too many investors with good, credible, strong claims write something in a stream of consciousness email not realizing that in a civil dispute at a later date that email is going to be dissected for everything it does contain, or anything it failed to mention. You may have the best of intentions, but hitting that “send” button on your computer may negatively impact your case.

Experienced counsel can assist you if this is really the avenue you wish to pursue, so that you do not do or say anything that will later de-value your claim. There are good, experienced attorneys out there who you can retain on an hourly basis to help guide you in this process, and if you are not interested in incurring fees and expenses there are attorneys who will handle these types of matters on a contingency fee basis. Even the best attorneys cannot put the toothpaste back in the tube after you hit the “send” button.

This is not only an issue for emails, letters, text messages, or traditional forms of correspondence, it also applies to online reviews. Just as you should not put your thoughts in an email without checking with an attorney first, you should not go online and provide ratings or comments that can be traced to you. If you are not careful, your otherwise strong case, could result in a misguided effort to impugn someone’s reputation or a firm’s reputation out of anger or frustration can become a claim against you for defamation, or could be used as a credibility issue against you later in a different context. Don’t let a momentary lapse or an emotional knee-jerk reaction impact your potential claim, or the amount of damages you might be able to recover later.

If your anger or frustration has gotten the best of you, consider emailing your attorney a confidential memorandum. All of the facts, details, issues, etc. may be important in helping your attorney address your claims and assisting you in seeking a recovery of damages.

Step Four: Consider…Should You Rely on Regulators?

Securities regulators, whether they be state level offices of financial regulation or division of securities, as well as federal regulators such as the Financial Regulatory Authority (FINRA) or the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) serve a very important role.


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While they do investigate legal and regulatory violations, often following up on investor complaints, individual investor restitution is often not their sole or even primary purpose or goal. Even when it is, efforts on the part of regulators can be too little, too late for the individual investor victims, or it can take years before there are tangible results.

Your individual focus and the focus of the regulatory body investigating any issues may not always be focused on the exact same goals.

While an experienced attorney may advise you to cooperate with regulators while pursuing your claim, that attorney will be focused on what is most often your individual, civil dispute seeking a damage recovery as quickly and efficiently as possible. In short, your individual focus and the focus of the regulatory body investigating any issues may not always be the same.

While some regulators are more consumer-oriented than others, whether this is your best opportunity for a personal financial recovery of an investment loss is a decision you should discuss with your attorney.

Step Five: Begin Interviewing Potential New Financial Advisors.

As a victim of investment fraud or financial advisor malpractice, your trust has been broken. The prospect of having to address that reality with someone you once liked and trusted as a professional can be extremely uncomfortable. Well, here’s some good news, you don’t have to do that, it’s not how the securities industry works today.

In most cases, your new financial advisor will be able to prepare an ACAT form or automated transfer form for you to sign, and you will not be required to meet with your former financial advisor, no need to explain anything to him/her, or any need to justify your decision – just sign the form and your account will transfer automatically. In addition, to the extent you may receive telephone calls, emails, or text messages from your prior firm or prior financial advisor, your new financial advisor, as well as your attorney, will help you handle the responses to these messages, so that you are no longer bothered.

Hopefully you have a new financial advisor in place. If not, as you begin this research, always consider checking out your prospective financial advisor with FINRA (https://brokercheck.finra.org) and the SEC before making any final decisions.

Step Six: Get Organized.

For most victims of investment fraud or financial advisor malpractice, there is a mixture of emotion as well as the practical issues that need to be addressed. This is a complex area of the law involving a


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highly regulated industry and the details, technicalities, industry standards as well as the dispute resolution process are all likely unfamiliar to you.

First, try to catch your breath. Try to take a methodical approach.

Second, begin by starting to gather your hard-copy and electronic documents. Were there account statements you filed away? Where are they located? Do you have emails or other correspondence, are there hard copies, are there text messages or emails on your mobile phone, I-pad or personal computer?

Finally, as you begin to recall these events and issues, and circumstances are on your mind, you will undoubtedly recall meetings, discussions, comments, and other details. Keep a pen and pad handy and create a “memorandum to counsel.” This will help when you speak to your attorney as it will streamline your confidential discussions with your attorney, help you put the timeline in order, and assist you in recalling or identifying key dates, issues, events and documents. Do not underestimate how helpful these types of notes can be, but be sure that you label this properly as a “Memo to Counsel.” Your notes may be subject to discovery at a later date if you file a claim or customer dispute, so be sure to consult with an attorney and make sure these are privileged and confidential records you are creating in anticipation of litigation and for purposes of communicating with your attorney.

Why We Do This – Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A. We get asked all the time: Why we do what we do, as most professionals do not counsel clients at no charge?

More specifically, we get asked why we provide valuable information in a free booklet such as this when we can charge potential clients for this type of valuable advice.

The answer is simple: To be of service!

It really is that simple, and we are happy to explain further:

1) We believe that our unique background, professional experience, and resources can help

investors maximize their recovery of investment losses from large financial institutions by helping them to create an even playing field.

2) As professionals and leaders in our community we demonstrate our commitment to service inside and outside of our profession based on our actions and commitments to helping to benefit members of our communities, so being of service and providing a public good is natural.

Within our professional work, we believe in the following:


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(a) We don't just take cases. In fact, we turn down the majority of inquiries we receive. When we do take a case, we are committed to advising, counseling, and treating every client just as we would our close friend or family member that comes to us for the very same kind of help.

(b) We are helping victims of investment fraud or financial advisor malpractice. While the primary focus is on results and maximizing the recovery of your damages, we are also keenly aware of what our clients are going through emotionally as well as financially during this process. For some, there are feelings of anger, frustration, self-blame and helplessness and these are often as difficult to manage as the economic damages.

(c) We are doing a public good. Many financial services employees are hardworking, honest, good people who handle their business with professionalism and add value to their relationships with their clients. We are helping those professionals stand out. Unfortunately, as in any profession, there is a small percentage of bad actors who do not follow the laws, rules, regulations, or their clients' instructions. We are here to address the issues caused by that small percentage as they are not and should not be reflective of the industry as a whole.

(d) We understand that victims of investment fraud or financial advisor malpractice typically find themselves in a difficult situation unexpectedly. Some clients are shocked when they realize the situation they are in, and it immediately becomes very stressful. For some clients, their trust was abused, their financial situation is not what they thought it was, and they are thrust into unfamiliar territory. They are now trying to sort through unfamiliar options and navigate within a legal and regulatory area where they have little or no background involving an industry where they lacked expertise and had sought professional help from the outset.

(e) We will prepare a personalized legal strategy to help YOU maximize your potential

recovery. Everybody and every situation is unique. We will put together a strategy that places your interests first. We know many clients desire these matters to remain private and confidential. Most clients also want fast results, and do not want to be bothered with depositions, unnecessary motions and endless lawyering. Simply put, they want to hire good attorneys and let their professionals handle the matter as swiftly and efficiently as possible. In fact, most clients prefer that their attorney handle the matter from start to finish and they have as little direct involvement as possible. We welcome clients who are “hands on” as well as those who prefer a more “hands off” approach. Everyone is different. We will help you maximize your potential recovery while providing YOU with a personalized strategy that involves the least possible stress or expense for YOU. Let us take over and do the hard work for YOU! It’s what we would do. If you were our close friend or family member, we would handle it the same way.


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Why Choose Haselkorn & Thibaut? We are a nationally recognized law firm frequently quoted in various media outlets, and just as other law firms do, we can tout our big wins and large recoveries on behalf of clients. What we have accomplished in the past for someone else is often less important to clients than what we can do for them today. We offer a free consultation and we do take cases on a contingency-fee basis. We know retaining an attorney is an important decision for you, and we are here to help you answer your questions and help you decide what’s right for you.

Haselkorn & Thibaut, P. A. was started by two law partners who both have worked inside the financial services industry, and who both have served as trusted defense counsel to some of the largest Wall Street firms. We are unique in the amount and type of experience we have handling securities arbitration claims and customer disputes. It is our depth and breadth of prior professional experience on the other side of these claims that will help make a difference for you in your potential recovery.

In this area of the law most of our competitors are one or two lawyer small firm shops. At Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A., we have the experience, the team, and resources to take on the largest financial services firms, and to do so while providing our clients the highest level of service.

Haselkorn & Thibaut, P. A.

We have a team that includes attorneys, paralegals, and administrative staff with many years of experience handling securities arbitration matters. The attorneys and paralegals have worked together, some for twenty years or more and we now want to use our background, resources, and experience to help you even the playing field and maximize your recovery of your investment losses.

We do the hard work for you. There are typically no depositions in FINRA customer disputes, and we know you are relying on our background and experience to prepare your case thoroughly and aggressively. Years ago, our group was on representing the large Wall Street corporate clients. Now, we are on YOUR side! We have been handling these types of claims for our entire careers.

We pride ourselves on being selective in our cases, and if we make the decision to accept your case, it is because we feel strongly about both you and your claim. We take that decision very personally and we emphasize quality over quantity as we are not a high-volume assembly-line type practice.

Many of our clients come to us through professional referrals by other attorneys, accountants, and other professionals all over the country. That says a lot about how we are viewed by fellow professionals who


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can choose to send their clients (their most valuable relationships) to any law firm. As clients, one of your first calls or meetings will be with one of our law partners, and, if we accept your case, our entire team will be familiar with you, your claim, and the details of your individual situation from start to finish throughout your case.

We serve clients in different time zones and around the globe, and you will find that the service and communication level that you should expect and need will be available to you when you need it. Our group works for you and we are all accessible to you from start to finish.

“We decided several years ago that our group was no longer interested in helping large corporate Wall Street.”

With our experience on the “other side of the table” we know what the large Wall Street firms and their attorneys do to go about avoiding paying maximum value on these claims, we are familiar with their tactics and strategies and how they evaluate the defense of such claims. We know it, we are prepared for it, we can anticipate it, and we have the experience and know-how to counter it, often in advance of it happening. Our knowledge and experience is no longer on their side, it’s now on YOUR side in these claims and it not only even the playing field, it is YOUR advantage.

We decided several years ago that our group was no longer interested in helping large corporate Wall Street clients defend the financial advisors malpractice and wrongdoing that was harming people financially, often impacting their retirement, their income stream, and having both a financial and emotional impact on their lives.

Good, honest people who are harmed financially

deserve skilled and experienced legal representation.

We believe that good, honest people who are harmed financially deserve skilled and experienced legal representation in these claims too, and they should have an opportunity to maximize their potential recovery. We know the large Wall Street firms and they will have all the financial and other resources to defend your claim, you should choose attorneys that will help YOU even the playing field.

Our cases are each unique and attorney-driven from start to finish. Your claim will never be just a file in our office. Our clients and their claims are intensely personal to us – we treat each client and each claim as if you were our close friend or family member and we bring that level of care, concern, and hard work to bear on every case.

Haselkorn & Thibaut, P. A. www.InvestmentFraudLawyers.com

Our

Goal

Our goal as a law firm and as a group of professionals is to help protect our clients and do all we can to maximize the value of our client’s claim, while enhancing and serving our community and serving as leaders in our community.


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What clients are saying about Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A.

They were dedicated, they took my call promptly, even though it was a holiday weekend. They were responsive to my emails, even after regular business hours. They were caring and honest professionals who fought tenaciously for us. They knew the law, they anticipated each step and could tell me what was likely to happen before

it happened. I only had to tell them what happened once and they remembered every detail. The quality of work was second to none, but it was the personal care and attention that really

put me at ease through the process. The whole group knew my case any time I called, and I knew that I was an important client, and

not just another file. I felt like they had the resources and experience of a larger firm, but I received the attention that

made me feel like I was one of their only clients. I was kept up to date every step in the case, I was surprised by how little I actually had to do.

They really handled everything. They explained everything in a direct manner, they did not try to sugarcoat anything, and I knew

what to expect at each step. After speaking with them, I really felt like I understood the case from both sides and that helped

me understand the strategy and the process much better. I felt like I had all of the information I needed to make informed decisions.

They were patient and understanding of my unique situation, they really seemed to understand what I was going through, and they put me at ease.

At first, I was a bit embarrassed, but once they investigated the case and explained the details of what really happened, I had a much better understanding of the law and regulations that I was entirely unfamiliar with in the past.

They did an outstanding job, and achieved a result that was better than expected. Their hard work was evident, but it was really impressive to see their skills and experience shine

through when I needed it the most. They could explain complicated issues in simple terms that helped me understand, and they also

had an understanding of the practical concerns that I had to consider as well. It was clear to me that the other side knew who they were, knew their reputation, and when it

came to negotiating, they left nothing on the table.

Contact Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A. today!

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