If you lost money in a bad investment that was sold to you by a registered FINRA broker dealer, most likely your only avenue for recovery is brining a case before a FINRA arbitration panel. If you were a victim who bought a bad financial product bought by many other investors, studies have shown that victims recovery more money consistently by brining individual claims and opting out of the class action. Lars Soreide is a securities fraud lawyer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Lars Soreide worked for FINRA before he went into private law practice representing defrauded investors before FINRA. Lars Soreide can bring claims for investors before FINRA in all 50 states.

FINRA Dispute Resolution is the largest securities dispute resolution forum in the world. FINRA facilitates the efficient resolution of monetary, business, and employment disputes between investors, securities firms, and employees of securities firms. FINRA offers both arbitration and mediation services through a network of offices across the United States. FINRA handles disputes with investors and the broker dealers who sold them the investments.

FINRA is known as the largest and most effective dispute resolution forum in the securities industry – handling over 90% of arbitrations and mediations in the United States. FINRA has more than 7,000 arbitrators and more than 1,000 mediators. These FINRA arbitrators are available to arbitrate and mediate cases in 73 locations around the country and in London and Puerto Rico.

FINRA oversees nearly 5,000 brokerage firms, about 173,000 branch offices and approximately 659,000 registered securities representatives. Created in July 2007 through the consolidation of NASD and the member regulation, enforcement and arbitration functions of the New York Stock Exchange, FINRA is dedicated to investor protection and market integrity through effective and efficient regulation and complementary compliance and technology-based services.

FINRA Dispute Resolution is subject to the same Securities and Exchange Commission oversight as FINRA, which is run by Linda Fienberg. The National arbitration and mediation committee makes recommendations to Dispute Resolution and the Board regarding the conduct of arbitrations, mediations, and other dispute resolution matters. FINRA Dispute Resolution pledges to provide impartial professional staff and highly trained arbitrators, mediators, and other neutrals committed to delivering fair, expeditious, and cost-effective dispute resolution services for investors, brokerage firms, and their employees.