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Lax & Neville Wins Over $500,000 In A Compensation FINRA Dispute

On December 28, 2016, Lax & Neville LLP, a leading national securities arbitration law firm, won a FINRA arbitration award on behalf of Anthony F. Garvin, a former investment banker at Burnham Securities, Inc. The investment banker had brought claims for breach of contract, violation of the New York Labor Law, conversion, unjust enrichment, and quantum meruit against Burnham Securities, Inc. and David S. Gilio, a former investment banker at Burnham in connection with an investment banking fee. Garvin and Gilio, with Burnham's approval, agreed to collaborate on investment banking deals, and to share the commission for all deals that originated from their joint efforts, depending upon who sourced the respective deal. When one deal closed, Garvin was not paid the full investment banking fee due to him.

A FINRA arbitration panel found Burnham and Gilio jointly and severally liable and ordered them to pay Garvin more than half a million dollars, including the full amount of compensatory damages he requested in the amount of $348,125 plus interest at the rate of 9% per annum from December 15, 2016 until the award is paid in full, pre-award interest in the amount of $121,352, costs totaling $5,721, and attorneys' fees in the amount of $90,000. "The Panel awarded attorneys' fees as all parties requested attorneys' fees." See Award.

Lax & Neville LLP has extensive experience representing investment bankers and financial services professionals in compensation disputes. To discuss this arbitration award, please contact Barry R. Lax or Sandra P. Lahens, Esq., at (212) 696-1999.

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The Lax & Neville team were total professionals in handling our case. They've clearly had quite a bit of experience handling complex legal matters in many jurisdictions and courts. I was impressed with their professionalism coupled with persistence in arguing a very complete and well-structured case. I highly recommend their services. Anonymous

I am very, very happy with the outcome of my case and my experience with Lax Neville could not have been better. The entire team of attorneys and staff are real professionals, they always had time to answer my many questions about my case. I was treated with compassion and respect. I am so grateful I chose to work with Lax Neville. Anonymous

This is an official " thank you" for all your hard work. It really was a pleasure to have you represent me, and I enjoyed seeing you, Rush and Sandra in action. I think Lax and Neville epitomizes the phrase "quality vs quantity". I think I told you before that I spent a lot of time researching firms; in this case things worked out, I picked the best firm. I hope I never need your services in the future, but if I do I know I found the best attorneys for these types of legal issues. Anonymous

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