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Published on: August 4, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

For Investors Who Suffered Losses While Working With Ex-Stifel Broker Chuck Roberts, There Is Still Time To Explore Your Legal Options. Contact Our Broker-Dealer Failure To Supervise Attorneys Today

Former financial advisor Chuck Roberts is no longer a Stifel Nicolaus & Co. broker or investment adviser. Meanwhile, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has barred him from the industry.

Roberts, an industry veteran of 35 years—and until recently a star Stifel stockbroker—consented to the bar after refusing to continue with the self-regulatory organization’s (SRO) probe into allegations involving him. Roberts came under scrutiny over structured product losses by his customers.

Failure to Supervise Attorneys

Published on: June 29, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Former Customers of Ex-United Planners’ Financial Services Broker Philip Riposo Sue For Damages

Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Gross Negligence Alleged

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Failure to Supervise Attorneys (investorlawyers.com) are investigating claims of portfolio losses by former customers of fired United Planners’ Financial Services broker Philip Anthony Riposo. The broker-dealer terminated his registration with the firm in 2022 following allegations that Ripopo set up and distributed fictitious financial statements to clients.

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Published on: February 13, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Did You Suffer Investment Losses While Working With Investment Advisor Thomas Chadwick

Investors File FINRA Lawsuit Against Fidelity Brokerage Services Alleging $11M in Losses

If you sustained serious portfolio losses while working with financial advisor Thomas Chadwick, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) want to talk to you. Chadwick, who runs the investment advisory firm Chadwick & D’Amato in New Hampshire, is accused of losing more than $11M of about 100 investors’ money while using Fidelity Brokerage Service’s platform. Now, the broker-dealer is the respondent in a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) lawsuit.

Failure to Supervise Attorneys

Published on: September 18, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Continue to Investigate Oppenheimer Over Horizon Private Equity III Losses

Broker-Dealer Allegedly Neglected To Stop Multimillion-Dollar Ponzi Scam By Former Financial Advisor

For the past two years, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) have been investigating claims of losses by investors who were defrauded in the alleged $120M Horizon Private Equity III Ponzi scam. While Oppenheimer does not appear to have been directly involved in the fraud, run by its ex-broker John Woods in Georgia, there appear to be grounds for suing the broker-dealer for its purported gross negligence and failure to properly supervise this financial advisor.