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Stoltmann Law Offices represents investors nationwide in securities arbitration and litigation.. Joe focuses his practice on all apsects of enforcing investor rights, investor protection, and securities arbitration and litigation.

Since 2008, Deanna has dedicated herself to helping investors recover their losses from brokerage firms and investment advisors. She focuses her practice on cases filed in FINRA arbitration, JAMS, and AAA. Deanna is also an advocate for those injured by vaccines, representing victims in the United States Court of Federal Claims through the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Deanna graduated Cum Laude from The John Marshall Law School in Chicagograduated Cum Laude from the University of Illinois-Chicago with a B.A. in Psychology. She is admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the United States Court of Federal Claim.

Pravin Rao is a partner in the Litigation practice at Perkins Coie law firm and Chair of the firm's Investigations & White Collar Defense practice. He is uniquely positioned as a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, as well as an SEC Enforcement Branch Chief, to provide comprehensive representation and counseling to clients on a wide variety of complex criminal and civil regulatory matters, including assisting individuals and FORTUNE 500 companies respond to government inquiries and conduct internal investigations. Recently, Pravin was appointed to be FCPA Monitor of a large multinational corporation to oversee its governance reforms in connection with a deferred prosecution agreement and settlement with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Pravin has also served as a court-appointed examiner in a federal bankruptcy proceeding where he was tasked with investigating a company managing over $100 million in pension assets.. Pravin developed a unique perspective from conducting parallel investigations with the SEC, CFTC, and other regulators in complex cases involving large publicly traded companies, officers and directors, broker-dealers and hedge funds. Pravin has tried 10 jury trials and argued 11 appeals in federal courts, and served as “first chair” in numerous trials and over 25 appeals in state courts. Before becoming a federal prosecutor, Pravin served as an Enforcement Branch Chief with the SEC, where he directed numerous high profile investigations and litigation involving revenue recognition, financial statement and disclosure fraud, insider trading, investment advisory fraud, prime bank and Ponzi schemes, market manipulation, failure to supervise, broker dealer misconduct, and record-keeping, reporting and registration violations. He has maintained his ties to the SEC, having served as Regional Chair of the Association of SEC Alumni.Pravin is a frequent commentator in the press on the government's fraud enforcement efforts and the SEC, especially where these topics intersect the criminal arena, and has been quoted in BusinessWeek, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, and other TV and print media.  He writes regularly on these same subject areas and is regularly invited to speak to in-house counsel and industry groups.  Pravin has also been retained as an expert witness in civil litigation involving securities issues and in a FINRA arbitration

Mr. White is a securities arbitration and employment attorney. He has experience representing investors in securities disputes with their brokerage firm or financial advisor.  He also has experience representing brokerage firms in employment/contract disputes with former financial advisors.  He has handled over 700 FINRA (formerly NASD) arbitration matters, as well as handlings cases in County, Circuit and State Court.

For over 25 years Doug Hyman has been representing investors, brokerage firms, registered representatives, investment advisor representatives and RIAs in various types of matters relevant to the financial services industry, both in the context of general counseling and in connection with representing clients nationwide in arbitrations and in state/federal courts.. His practice focuses on representing clients in the following types of matters:. Doug is also committed to serving his profession and community. For many years he has served as Treasurer for the Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni Association, a non-profit headquartered in Washington D.C. that provides scholarships to law students and SEC staff. He also supports non-profits in his home of Oak Park, Illinois. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Oak Park Education Foundation, and for many years he served as Treasurer for Oak Park’s children’s museum, known locally as Wonder Works.

Andrew Stoltmann, attorney and investor advocate, exclusively concentrates his practice in representing investors who are the victims of investment fraud. He has represented over one thousand individuals in lawsuits and securities arbitration actions against brokerage firms like Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Wachovia, Linsco, Prudential, Baird, Edward Jones, AG Edwards and Smith Barney and has tried approximately 80 cases (please see Stoltmann Arbitration Awards for some of his decisions). Previous to opening the Stoltmann Law Offices P.C. he was a partner in a law firm concentrating its practice in the representation of investors in lawsuits, arbitration claims and class actions against brokerage firms. Mr. Stoltmann is currently an adjunct securities law professor at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago.. Mr. Stoltmann was the Editor-In-Chief of the PIABA (Public Investor Arbitration Bar Association) Bar Journal, a law journal for the national association of securities attorneys who represent investors in claims against brokerage firms and stockbrokers, from 2001 through 2005. Mr. Stoltmann is also the co-author of the book “Investor Rights for the Year 2000 and Beyond.” He was voted an Illinois legal Rising Star from 2008 through 2012 and voted a 2014 Super Lawyer by his legal peers. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, Mr. Stoltmann worked as a licensed stockbroker for Olde Discount and Merrill in law school at DePaul University, Mr. Stoltmann clerked at the Chicago NASD Dispute Resolution office, where 95% of securities arbitration cases are decided.

Adam Marquardt is an attorney representing investors in securities litigation claims.  He focuses on claims such as unsuitable investments, negligence, and fraud.  Adam has a history of protecting investors and individuals.  Adam spent time as a regulator at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA), the primary securities regulator of broker-dealers and over 630,000 brokers.  At FINRA, Adam helped protect investors by ensuring broker-dealers and their registered representatives complied with federal securities laws and stock exchange and FINRA rules.  Before joining FINRA, Adam represented individuals in civil litigation and the government in whistle blower litigation involving tax fraud.  Previously, Adam became a certified public accountant (CPA) and worked for several years as an accountant and financial auditor at a bank, Big Four CPA firm, and Fortune 500 company.