Robert W. Pearce
Robert W. Pearce Serving Clients Nationwide For Over 40 Years
By hiring Robert w. Pearce, you will have the benefit of 40 years experience gained in complex securities, commodities and investment fraud disputes on both sides of the table. He is one of the most experienced Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration attorneys winning his first investor case in 1983 after working 3 years with the SEC in NYC and moving to Florida.
He has earned a peer rating of AV Preeminent continuously since 1996 through the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating process, the highest available rating through that program. Mr. Pearce has been one of Thomson Reuters Florida Super Lawyers for Securities Litigation (Top 5) continuously since 2013. Read the feature article about him in the Florida 2014 Super Lawyers magazine entitled "No Excuses - How Robert Wayne Pearce Stared Down Personal Disaster".
In the last 20 years (since he started counting), Mr. Pearce has single handedly recovered over $125 million for investors. He has a nationwide U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) defense law practice to include commodities law and the defense of investigations
Attorney Pearce is one of the few attorneys who has not only single handedly beat the SEC's team of lawyers, but recovered over $500,000 attorney fees and litigation expenses that his client incurred in the defense of the government's flawed investigation and enforcement action. Federal Court Judge's have appointed him as a Receiver and published opinions about his expertise.
Attorney Pearce represents stockbrokers, commodities brokers and advisors and other investment advisors in not only SEC and CFTC court and administrative proceedings but FINRA, NFA, CME and other self-regulatory agency proceedings as well as in disputes with their employers, including but not limited to contract disputes, promissory note and forgivable loan collection matters, Form U-5 and other defamation issues.
- Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
- Securities Law
- Arbitration & Mediation
Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Commodities Law
- SEC, CFTC, Fla-OFR, and FINRA Enforcement Defense
- Mismanagement of Trust, Estate and Guardianship Assets
- FINRA Securities Arbitration and Mediation
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
-
Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Depending on the case, we may structure our fees on hourly, flat fee or contingency fee basis to satisfaction of our client and firm
- Florida
- New York
- 2nd Circuit
- 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Courts, Southern & Eastern Districts of New York
- U.S. District Courts, Northern, Southern & Middle Districts of Florida
- English
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Attorney, Principal
- Robert Wayne Pearce
- - Current
- Attorney, Vice-President
- Lerner & Pearce, P.A.
- -
- Attorney, Treasurer
- Lerner, Harris, Pearce, P.A.
- -
- Attorney-Enforcement Division
- U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
- -
- Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
- J.D. (1979)
- Hofstra University School of Business
- MBA (1979)
- Florida Tech
- B.S. (1973)
- Most Effective Lawyer finalist - Mediation and Arbitration
- Daily Business Review
- AV Preeminent rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- AV preeminent rating continuously since 1996
- Florida Super Lawyer for Securities Litigation
- Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters
- Superlawyer in Securities Litigation continuously from 2013
- American Association for Justice
- Member
- Current
-
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Member
- Current
-
- Florida Justice Association
- Member
- Current
-
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Member
- Current
-
- Broward County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
-
- Broward County Justice Association
- Member
- Current
-
- Palm Beach County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
-
- Palm Beach County Justice Association
- Member
- Current
-
- Public Investor Arbitration Bar Association
- Member
- Current
-
- South Palm Beach County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
-
- No Excuses How Robert Wayne Pearce stared down personal disaster
- Published in 2014 Florida Super Lawyers Magazine
- Spoliation of Evidence , PIABA 14th Annual Meeting , Carlsbad, California
- Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
- Law relating to Spoliation of Evidence: The Destructuion, Alteration and Loss of evidence and consequences
- UBS Bond Funds , PIABA 24th Annual Meeting , Ponte Vedra, Florida
- Public Investors Arbitration Bond Fund
- UBS bond fund litigation strategies
- Failure to Supervise , PIABA 25th Annual Meeting , San Diego, California
- Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
- Failure to Supervise Stockbroker litigation strategies
- Broker v Broker-Dealers (Employment Law) , PIABA 22nd Annual Meeting , Orlando, Florida
- Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
- Litigation Strategies for stockbrokers suing their broker-dealer employer
- Puerto Rico Investments , PIABA 27th Annual Meeting , Bonita Springs, Florida
- Public Investors Bar Association
- Puerto Rico investment litigation strategies.
- Florida Circuit Court Civil Mediator
- Florida State Court Dispute Resolution Center
- Website
- Robert W. Pearce's Website Profile
- Website
- Robert Wayne Pearce Website
- Blog
- The Investor's Rights Law Blog
- DeBary Florida Securities Arbitration Attorney Who Sues Stockbrokers For Selling Away (Selling Unauthorized Investments)
24 November 2020 - Greenacres Florida Securities Attorney For Variable Annuities Investment Disputes
24 November 2020 - University Park Florida Attorney Who Sues For Failure to Supervise Stockbroker
24 November 2020
- Q. Can a broker (Charles Schwab) randomly closed my broker account.
- A: You need to put them on Notice in writing of your objection to the freeze, remind them you have open positions and your intention to sue them for any and all damages unless they take your orders and unfreeze the account or hire an attorney to do that immediately.
- Q. Who notifies SEC when employment is terminated from an RIA with ~$200 million in assets under management?
- A: Both of you have the responsibility to make sure the IARD is accurate but you are the one that may have consequences. Go to the SEC website for the forms and guidance. https://www.sec.gov/divisions/investment/iard/iardfaq.shtml
- Q. Does a company need to register as a financial advisor if partners or members are only buying/selling securities?
- A: If the transactions are by the Managing Member or General Partner for and only on behalf of the company in only its private securities account and the company is not in the business of just buying and selling securities as a Broker or Dealer then in my opinion no registration would be required.
