The Law Offices of Marc S. Henzel
Tipping the scales of justice in your favor.
Shareholders are usually the last to learn what went wrong, and the first to absorb the loss. This firm represents investors in securities fraud class actions, merger and buyout litigation, insider trading cases and FINRA arbitration, in federal courts around the country.
- Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar, 1991
- Pennsylvania & New York bars
- Federal courts nationwide
- 130+ matters documented
What we do
Four ways investors get hurt, and what can be done about it.
The firm is engaged in securities fraud class actions, mergers, buyouts and takeovers, insider trading litigation, stock broker negligence actions, and FINRA & NYSE litigation and arbitration.
Securities Class Actions
When misleading statements or omissions inflate a stock, investors who bought during the class period can pursue recovery together, in one federal case.
Read moreMergers & Buyouts
Takeovers and going-private deals put a board's duties to shareholders under a microscope: price, process and what the proxy did or did not disclose.
Read moreInsider Trading
The firm represents option market makers for losses sustained because of allegedly illegal trading by public customers acting on confidential information.
Read moreBroker Arbitration
Unsuitable recommendations, over-concentration, unauthorized trades and unexecuted sell orders. These claims are brought in FINRA and NYSE arbitration.
Read moreThe firm by the numbers
Plain English
How joining a securities class action actually works.
Most shareholders never file anything on their own. A class action lets everyone who bought the same stock over the same stretch of time be represented in a single case.
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The case is filed for a class
An investor files suit on behalf of everyone who purchased the security during a defined stretch of time, the class period. If you bought in that window, you are ordinarily part of the class without filing your own lawsuit.
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The court picks who leads it
Investors with the largest losses may ask the court to serve as lead plaintiff and choose counsel for the class. There is a deadline to make that request, which is why it helps to have your trade records reviewed early.
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Eligible shareholders claim their share
If the case resolves in the class's favor, eligible shareholders submit a claim form with their purchase and sale records to participate in any recovery the court approves.
Not sure whether you qualify? Send the ticker, your purchase dates and the number of shares through the free case evaluation form and the firm will tell you what it sees. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
The case archive
Three decades of matters, kept on the record.
The archive collects more than 130 shareholder and investor matters the firm has published over the years: securities fraud class actions, merger and buyout challenges, board investigations and consumer cases. Search by company or ticker, filter by type, and open any matter to read the full notice.
These are historical matters. The archive documents the firm's track record; many of the cases listed are closed.
A few of the companies on file
- Filed in
- Federal district courts around the country
- Categories
- Class actions · Mergers & buyouts · Investigations · Consumer
Free case evaluation
Tell us what you bought. We'll tell you what we see.
There is no charge to have your situation reviewed. Send the company or ticker, your purchase dates, the number of shares and the price you paid, or simply call the office.