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Securities
Breach of Contract
Unsuitability

Cynthia L. Stirling, Cynthia L. Stirling Living Trust, Cynthia L. Stirling, Trustee U/A DTD 2/21/1997, Cynthia L. Stirling SEP IRA, Cynthia L. Stirling IRA Rollover v. James Firth Dowley, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Published: Dec. 17, 2011 | Result Date: Nov. 23, 2011 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: 10-05677 Arbitration –  Denial

Court

FINRA


Attorneys

Claimant

James R. Walsh


Respondent

Samir J. Abdelnour
(Hanson Bridgett LLP)

Philip A. McLeod
(Keesal, Young & Logan APC)


Facts

Cynthia L. Stirling, Cynthia L. Stirling Living Trust, Cynthia L. Stirling Trustee U/A DTD 2/21/1997, Cynthia L. Stirling SEP IRA, and Cynthia L. Stirling IRA Rollover filed an action against James Firth Dowley and Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC in relation to respondents' management of money in municipal funds, bonds, retirement accounts, and unspecified equities.

Contentions

CLAIMANTS' CONTENTIONS:
Claimants alleged claims for unsuitability and breach of contract.

RESPONDENTS' CONTENTIONS:
Respondents denied the claims.

Damages

Claimants sought $339,950.

Result

The arbitration panel denied the claims.

Other Information

ARBITRATORS: Ferdinand Schoch, Helen Marinak Blohm, Mary Ellen Curran.


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