Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas LLP Investigating Claims Involving James Kearney Of Raymond James & Associates

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Dec 27, 2018, 15:58 ET

HOUSTON, Dec. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lawyers with the Securities Law Firm of SHEPHERD SMITH EDWARDS & KANTAS LLP, www.sseklaw.com, are investigating claims involving James Kearney of Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Kearney was a broker for many years, most recently with Morgan Keegan until 2013 and then Raymond James until September 2018. According to FINRA, Kearney was terminated from his position with Raymond James for purportedly exercising discretion in a customer account without authorization to do so. Every broker is required to get authorization from a client prior to each and every trade being entered unless the broker has written authorization signed by the client allowing him or her to exercise "discretion." There are also three publicly reported customer lawsuits and complaints which have been made by some of Kearney's clients alleging improper handling of their accounts, including making unsuitable recommendations or otherwise misrepresenting investments.

SSEK also believes that some of Kearney's client's were improperly invested by substantially overconcentrating customer accounts in oil and gas based investments. When the energy markets fell, clients may have suffered substantial losses. Current and former clients of Kearney should carefully review their accounts to ensure that there were not problems. Contact the law firm of Shepherd, Smith, Edwards & Kantas LLP for an evaluation of your account to determine if you might have a claim to attempt to recover some or all of your losses. All communications will be kept strictly confidential, and you will not be billed in any way for a consultation.

Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas LLP has a team of attorneys, consultants and staff with more than 100 years of combined experience in the securities industry and in securities law. For more than two decades, our firm has represented thousands of investors nationwide to recover losses. We have represented clients in Federal and state courts and in arbitration through the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the New York Stock Exchange Inc. (NYSE), the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and in private arbitration actions.

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