Reif Law Group, P.C. Claims That Oppenheimer Waived the Right to Arbitrate Ex-Employee’s California Employment Action

Reif Law Group, P.C., California’s preeminent boutique trial and litigation law firm for securities and business disputes, filed a motion that a financial advisor’s wrongful termination lawsuit argues that the brokerage firm Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. waived the right to compel FINRA arbitration by violating California law and must pay for the financial advisor’s...
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Victims Can Take Many Forms

(August 28, 2020 – Los Angeles, CA). The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued this ruling and judgment in a securities case that Brandon S. Reif and Marc S. Ehrlich of Reif Law Group, P.C. defended for Capital Synergy Partners, LLC. (David Kirkwood v. Financial West Investment Group, Inc., et al, Case No. 19-2231,...
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Anticipating the Flood of GBP Litigation in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic

GPB Capital Holdings, LLC (GPB), with its affiliates, is the latest failure of a multi-billion dollar private placement investment sponsor. GPB’s implosion tracks the classic meltdown model: there was an investor capital raise of over $1.8 billion followed by a barrage of lawsuits for corporate control, multi-front investigations by governments and regulators, whistleblowers signaling egregious mismanagement, an abrupt halt in...
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Reif Law Group, P.C. Welcomes Lisa M. Foutch

Reif Law Group, P.C. continues to expand its securities and business disputes trial and litigation practice with its eighth attorney in the office, Lisa M. Foutch.

Lisa graduated from the University of California, Irvine, with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in Criminology & Psychology, and from...

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Top 10 Court Awards in California in 2017

I’m honored to have been named by Top Verdict magazine as one of the Top 10 Court Verdicts in 2017. As lead trial counsel, I obtained a verdict of $1,807,559.00,reflecting an unpaid commercial loan of $500,000 plus $1,307,559 in pre-judgment interest and late fees against defendant Shahram Elyaszadeh, a California licensed real...
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