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 GEORGE BRUNELLE is a member of the firm with extensive background in securities litigation, arbitration, mediation, regulatory investigations, disciplinary proceedings, broker-dealer compliance and corporate governance. Mr. Brunelle graduated cum laude from Rutgers University, earned his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1975, and is admitted to practice before the Courts of the State of New York , the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
For 11 years, Mr. Brunelle was employed by the New York Stock Exchange, managing a staff of attorneys and conducting complex investigations and enforcement proceedings before the NYSE Hearing Board, the Exchange’s Board of Directors, the SEC, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Upon leaving the NYSE in 1984, Mr. Brunelle became a partner of Goldstein & Brunelle, P.C. In 1986, he founded the organization currently known as Brunelle & Hadjikow, P.C.
Selected Cases and Decisions:
(This list of Selected Cases and Decisions is not intended, nor should it be construed, as implying a likelihood of similar results in any other case. Each case depends upon its unique facts and circumstances.)
- McCarthy v. SEC, 406 F.3d 179 (2d Cir. 2005)
- Matter of X (found “Not Guilty” therefore, name withheld), 1998 NYSE Disc. Action LEXIS 154 (June 4, 1998)
- Robert Harry Jones, NYSE Hearing Bd. Decis. 93-72, 1993 NYSE Disc. Action LEXIS 146 (June 11, 1993)
- Matter of X, 1992 NYSE Disc. Action LEXIS 161 (Oct. 23, 1992)
- Matter of X, 1992 NYSE Disc. Action LEXIS 142 (1992)
- Matter of X, 1992 NYSE Disc. Action LEXIS 122 (Aug. 17, 1992)
- Les Jacobs v. First Albany Corporation, 1998 NYSE Arb. Dec. LEXIS 110 (Jan. 19, 2000)
- Anne Brabner-Smith, et al. v. Fidelity Brokerage Services, Inc., 1996 NYSE Arb. Dec. LEXIS 242 (Jan. 16, 1998)
- Robb, Peck, McCooey Clearing Corporation v. Robert Grey, et al., 1994 NYSE Arb. Dec. LEXIS 645 (Nov. 13, 1995).
- Olivia Burnette v. Martin Vulliez and Robb, Peck, McCooey Clearing Corp., et al. 1998 NASD Arb. LEXIS 724 (Sept. 7, 1999) (successful defense of customer’s claim of fraud, unsuitability and unauthorized trading).
- Sylvia Dudock v Spencer Trask Securities Corp., et. al., 1998 NASD Arb. LEXIS 323 (Nov. 6, 1998) (successful defense of customer claims of unsuitability and unauthorized trading).
- Stephen P. Cohen v. First Albany Corp., et al., 1999 NASD Arb. LEXIS 457 (Aug. 6, 1999) (successful defense of executive compensation claim).
- Gerhard and Monika Pohl v. Reich & Co, et al., 1997 NASD Arb. LEXIS 1381 (Dec. 24, 1997) (successful defense of customer claim of unsuitability and unauthorized trading).
- Irene K. Palen v. Fahnestock & Co., Inc., et al., 1995 NASD Arb. LEXIS 111 (Jan. 13, 1995) (successful defense of customer claim of unsuitability and unauthorized trading).
- Rockwell Trading Co. v. Fahnestock & Co., Inc., NASD Arbitration No 94-00191 (1994) (successful defense of introducing firm’s claim against clearing firm for liquidation of securities collateral).
Selected Publications and Writings
- "Judicial Proceedings in Aid of Arbitration." Securities Arbitration. 1991 (Prepared for a Seminar for the N.Y. Practicing Law Institute)
- "The Papilsky Rule and the Emerging Antitrust Dimension of the Securities Exchange Act," Securities Regulation Law Journal, Spring 1981
- "The Lost Tender Offer Opportunity and Section 14(e)" Securities Regulation Law Journal, Fall 1981
- "The Shores Case – Expansion of the ‘Fraud on the Market Doctrine," Securities Regulation Law Journal, Winter 1982
- "Misappropriated Market Information and the Purchaser-Seller Doctrine," Securities Regulation Law Journal, Summer 1982
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