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Tracy Pride Stoneman is a nationally known lawyer whose practice consists exclusively of representing investors in investment disputes. She is a dedicated and strong advocate for the investor. She does not accept a case unless she is willing to try it, which results in higher settlements and better results for her clients.  Her experience includes time as a judge, a partner and trial lawyer in a large law firm, a published author, and a frequent lecturer in the area of securities fraud. She is a long-time member of PIABA, the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, a national organization of attorneys who represent investors in securities cases. For six years, she served on the Board of Directors of PIABA. In addition to her book, Mrs. Stoneman has also authored and published articles on numerous subjects important to investors. Head to the Tracy's Articles section to check them out.

November 1, 2011 - Raymond James agreed to pay the interest from the date of the Award. 

October 28, 2011 - Raymond James said it was not going to appeal!!  That means that the arbitration award is final. What a lot of lawyers don't know is that, pursuant to a FINRA rule, the firm owes interest from the date of the Award to the date of payment - that's over $43,000 additional dollars.  We'll see if Raymond James fights payment of this sum.

        By filing this appeal, Raymond James delayed payment by 6 months.

       That may not be much to some folks, but it was to my client

       who is 87 years old!!

October 12, 2011 - Judge Tobolowsky signed the Order denying Raymond James' challenges and confirming the Award.

October 10, 2011 - We won!!  Today Judge Tobolowsky from the Dallas, Texas trial court sent a letter to counsel advising that she intends to deny everything that Raymond James asked for and confirm the Arbitration Award!!  Will Raymond James appeal again? Given its willingness to appeal in the first place on grounds that are not only weak but violate FINRA Rule 3110(f)(4), it wouldn't surprise me.

May 10, 2011 - Tracy Pride Stoneman represents an elderly man who is awarded $1.7 million in arbitration!!  This is the largest arbitration award ever rendered against Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.!!  Is that why the firm appealed?

The Arbitration Award   

                Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones article(non subscribers click here)

                      Financial Planning news story

                                  Reuter's news story

                                             Comments of those who worked with Tracy

Raymond James appealed the arbitration Award!!!  Click here to read the Appeal and click here to read the Response.

                      InvestmentNews.com reports on the appeal

                              Financial Planning reports on the appeal

                                    On Wall Street reports on the appeal

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August 30, 2010 - Tracy Pride Stoneman is quoted in Smart Money Magazine

"10 Things Your Money Manager Won't Say"

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December 27, 2002 article discloses the harm inflicted by one particular broker in Merrill's Dallas office and what his clients are doing about it. Click here to read the entire article.

Once a bad egg, always a bad egg.  The stockbroker mentioned above Brion Randall left Merrill Lynch and went on to open his own "consulting" firm in Dallas, Texas. Between 2004 and 2009, he raised more than $6 million from 30 investors in schemes that were devised by Randall to simply line his own pockets.  Many of his victims were friends and people he befriended. Though these folks may never see any recovery of the money they've lost, Brion Randall received his comeuppance: on September 30, 2010 he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for bank and wire fraud.  He was led away from the sentencing hearing in handcuffs directly to jail.  Click here to read the sentencing.