Did you lose money investing with John Simmons (CRD# 4878890)?
Galvin Legal, PLLC is launching an investigation on behalf of investors who may have suffered losses investing with John Simmons. If you suffered losses investing with John Simmons, then Galvin Legal, PLLC may be able to help you recover your losses in a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA“) arbitration claim.
If you suffered losses and would like a free consultation with a securities attorney, then please call Galvin Legal, PLLC at 1-800-405-5117.
As of February 20, 2023, John Simmons’s FINRA BrokerCheck Report contains the following:
BARRED: FINRA has barred this individual from acting as a broker or otherwise associating with a broker-dealer firm.
Disclosure Events
1 Customer Dispute
1 Regulatory Event
1 Financial Disclosure
May 10, 2021 – An AWC was issued in which Simmons was barred from association with any FINRA member in all capacities. Without admitting or denying the findings, Simmons consented to the sanction and to the entry of findings that he refused to produce information and documents requested by FINRA in connection with an investigation into the allegations contained in a Form U5 amendment filed by his former member firm. The findings stated that the Form U5 disclosed an internal review into Simmons involvement in a private securities transaction without notice to, or approval by, the firm. (FINRA Case #2020068525301)
Current and Previous Registrations
08/07/2015 – 09/17/2020 LPL FINANCIAL LLC (CRD#:6413) GULF BREEZE, FL
08/12/2011 – 09/09/2015 INVESTORS CAPITAL CORP. (CRD#:30613) PENSACOLA, FL
07/09/2008 – 08/23/2011 LPL FINANCIAL LLC (CRD#:6413) MC MINNVILLE, TN
01/11/2005 – 07/17/2008 EDWARD JONES (CRD#:250) MCMINNVILLE, TN
If you suffered losses and would like a free consultation with a securities attorney, then please call Galvin Legal, PLLC at 1-800-405-5117.
Due Diligence Requirement
FINRA requires broker’s to conduct due diligence on investments and to conduct a suitability analysis when recommending securities to a customer that takes into account the customer’s knowledge and experience. FINRA Rule 2111(a) states that “a member or an associated person must have a reasonable basis to believe that a recommended transaction or investment strategy involving a security or securities is suitable for the customer, based on the information obtained through the reasonable diligence of the member or associated person to ascertain the customer’s investment profile. A customer’s investment profile includes, but is not limited to, the customer’s age, other investments, financial situation and needs, tax status, investment objectives, investment experience, investment time horizon, liquidity needs, risk tolerance, and any other information the customer may disclose to the member or associated person in connection with such recommendation.”
Rule 2111 is composed of three main obligations: reasonable-basis suitability, customer-specific suitability, and quantitative suitability. Brokers and the brokerage firms they work for that fail to conduct adequate due diligence on investments they recommend or that make unsuitable recommendations can be held responsible for the customer’s losses in a FINRA arbitration claim.
If you suffered losses and would like a free consultation with a securities attorney, then please call Galvin Legal, PLLC at 1-800-405-5117.
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If you suffered losses investing with John Simmons and would like a free consultation with a securities attorney, then please call Galvin Legal, PLLC at 1-800-405-5117.
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