Jesse Z. Weiss
Shareholder Litigation Experience
Jesse has defended or prosecuted scores of shareholder matters of all types, in federal and state courts and before FINRA panels. He has extensive experience with the Securities Exchange Act, the Securities Act, the Investment Advisor Act, SEC rules, the Texas Securities Act, and FINRA proceedings. These representations include:
- Former CFO of public oil services company in federal securities class action alleging fraud in financial filings, proxies, and registration statements
- Investors in federal securities class action alleging a multimillion Ponzi scheme under Texas Securities Act
- Investors in oil and gas scheme in state securities class action against promoter for securities fraud under Texas Securities Act
- CFO of public software company in federal securities class action
- Former executive and shareholder against former employer for violations of Texas Securities Act
- Shareholders against private startup hardware company for securities fraud under Texas Securities Act
- Alleged Ponzi scheme participants against SEC receiver in federal securities action
- IT outsourcing company against former executive and shareholder under California Securities Law
- Individual investors against global wealth management company in FINRA arbitration for unauthorized trading, unsuitable investments, and failure to supervise a complex options-trading program
- Former Chairman and CEO of top midstream energy company in securities class action, SEC investigation, and bankruptcy adversary actions relating to multibillion commodities hedging program
- OTC-traded company in securities class actions and SEC investigation alleging a multimillion ‘pump and dump’ scheme
- Former officers of a medical technology company in federal securities class actions
- Former CFO of a Fortune 500 computer supplies company federal securities class actions alleging accounting fraud and channel stuffing
- National clothing retailer in derivative litigation arising out of multimillion acquisition offer
- Fortune 100 energy company in federal securities class actions and derivative actions concerning a huge blackout and an alleged near nuclear meltdown
- Independent directors of large mutual fund company in class actions alleging violations of the Investment Advisors Act
- National restaurant chain against an activist institutional stockholder
- Former directors of public land-management company in post-merger shareholder actions in federal and state court
- Board of a public software company in securities and derivative litigation alleging misleading disclosure and self-enrichment
- Public gaming company in federal securities litigation brought by activist investor