Lax & Neville has Won More Than $35 Million for Former Credit Suisse Advisers Seeking Deferred Compensation in FINRA Arbitrations
Lax & Neville LLP has won every claim that it has brought on behalf of former Credit Suisse investment advisers for their portion of the over $200 million of deferred compensation that Credit Suisse refused to pay its advisors when it closed its US private bank in 2015, violating the advisers' employment agreements and the firm's own deferred compensation plans. Lax & Neville has tried nine arbitrations resulting in awards of more than $35 million to 30 former Credit Suisse advisers. See Simon Clarke, Mitchell Riesenberger, Jose Rodriguez-Villalobos, Jeremy Seidman v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, FINRA No. 20-02093; James D. Garrity v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, FINRA No. 20-03957; Prezzano et al. vs. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, FINRA No. 19-02974; Hutchinson et al. vs. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, FINRA No. 16-02825; Galli, et al. v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, FINRA No. 17-01489; DellaRusso and Sullivan v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, FINRA No. 17-01406; Lerner and Winderbaum v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, FINRA No. 17-00057; Finn v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, FINRA No. 17-01277; and Chilton v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, FINRA No. 16-03065. Credit Suisse has petitioned to vacate at least seven of the awards on liability or damages and has lost before three different Commercial Division judges of the New York Supreme Court and in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Illinois Chancery Court and California Superior Court. In addition, Credit Suisse has lost, unanimously, before the New York Appellate Division (First Department) and the New York Court of Appeals, which denied its Motion for Leave to Appeal.
To discuss these FINRA arbitration Awards, please contact Barry R. Lax, Brian J. Neville, Sandra P. Lahens or Robert R. Miller at (212) 696-1999.
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