Jon has spent his entire legal career practicing securities. He handled over 1,000 securities matters and has successfully represented some of the most demanding clients in multi-million-dollar disputes throughout Florida and United States. He has represented individual and corporate clients in civil actions in state and federal court (at the trial and appellate level); in regulatory investigations; in arbitrations; and in private mediations.
Jon has handled a wide range of matters, including: (i) stockbroker misconduct and investment fraud disputes (including claims involving unsuitability, churning, unauthorized trading, failure to execute trades, failure to hedge, selling away, theft, research analyst conflicts of interest, fraud, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, violations of state and federal securities laws, and violations of securities industry rules and regulations); (ii) Ponzi schemes; (iii) class actions; (iv) SIPC and SEC receiverships (including clawback claims); (v) employment matters (including harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, and promissory note claims); (vi) registration issues (including expungement matters); (vii) raiding claims; (viii) internal investigations; (ix) regulatory investigations; and (x) non-investment-related, commercial disputes.
Jon has authored numerous articles on FINRA’s rules, securities laws, and securities arbitration and is considered to be an authority on these subjects. Jon also regularly participates at national seminars and conferences on the topics of securities fraud, investment disputes, and current developments in securities laws and industry rules and regulations.
- Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
- Securities Law
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- White Collar Crime
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- Florida
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- Massachusetts
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- 1st Circuit
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- 10th Circuit
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- 11th Circuit
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- U.S. District Court, Southern, Middle, and Northern District of Florida
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- English: Spoken, Written
- French: Spoken
- Spanish: Spoken
- Managing Partner
- Jacobson Law P.A.
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- Shareholder
- Greenberg Traurig
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- Attorney
- Steel Hector & Davis
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- Summer Associate
- White & Case
- Trader
- Banque Paribas, Paribas Capital Markets
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- Assitant Editor
- Motor Boating & Sailing Magazine, Hearst Magazines
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- Duke University School of Law
- J.D. (1998) | Law
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- New York University
- M.A. (1991) | French Literature
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- Johns Hopkins University
- B.A. (1990) | Writing Seminars and French
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- Palm Beach County Bar Association
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- American Bar Association
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- The Florida Bar
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- Massachusetts Bar Association
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- Ninth Circuit Reverses Securities Fraud Conviction Based on Admission of Prior Complaint
- Greenberg Traurig Securities Litigation & Enforcement News
- FINRA’s New Know Your Customer and Suitability Rules
- Greenberg Traurig Securities Litigation & Enforcement News
- Florida Increases Penalties for Unregistered Securities Sales
- Greenberg Traurig Securities Litigation & Enforcement News
- Does Your Firm’s Standard Lien Language Create a Possibility That Your Customer’s IRAs May Lose Their Exempt Status and Protection from Third-Party Creditors?
- Greenberg Traurig Securities Litigation & Enforcement News
- Respect Your Elders: A Survey of the Rules and Laws that Apply to Claims Brought by Senior Investors
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