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Michael A. Brady

Michael A. Brady

Member
Memphis
(901) 543-5703
mbrady@bassberry.com
https://www.bassberry.com/professionals/brady-michael-a/

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Michael Brady joined Bass, Berry & Sims in 2007 as a Member of the firm and serves as co-chair of its Broker-Dealer & Financial Products Practice Group. For over twenty-five years, Michael has focused his practice on serving clients in the financial services industry in a wide range of matters including defending class actions and investor arbitrations, litigating non-compete and recruitment cases, and prosecuting and defending raiding claims. Michael has appeared before courts and arbitration panels throughout the country representing broker-dealers, financial institutions, investment advisers and registered representatives in disputes involving sales practices, breach of contract, complex structured products and product failure(s), selling away, raiding and employee transitions, and allegations of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and failure to supervise. He also represents firms and associated persons in regulatory examinations and proceedings brought by the SEC, FINRA and state regulators, provides compliance and employment counseling and advises clients on data breach prevention and response.

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Memberships

Memphis Bar Association

Tennessee Bar Association

American Bar Association — Securities Litigation Committee; SRO and State Regulatory Subcommittee, Co-Chair; Structured Financial Products, Mutual & Hedge Fund Litigation Subcommittee, Past Co-Chair

Representative Experience

  • Open-End Fund, Closed-End Fund and ERISA Litigation for Morgan Keegan

    Served as lead counsel for Morgan Keegan and related entities in Federal securities, ERISA and derivative multi-district litigation related to investment company losses in the wake of the credit crisis

    We served as lead counsel for Morgan Keegan and related entities in Federal securities, ERISA and derivative multi-district litigation related...
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    Client Type: Public Company
  • Success in Defending $5.8 Million FINRA Arbitration Claim

    Successful defense of LPL Financial in $5.8 million FINRA arbitration claim

    We successfully defended LPL Financial in a $5.8 million FINRA arbitration claim.  The claimants asserted that LPL improperly concentrated their...
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    Client Type: Public Company
  • Defense of Product Failure Cases

    Represented Morgan Keegan in defense of more than 300 customer-initiated arbitrations in the wake of the failure of a family of mutual funds

    Between 2008 and 2012, we represented Morgan Keegan in defense of more than 300 customer-initiated arbitrations in the wake of...
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    Client Type: Public Company
  • Success for Raymond James in FINRA Raiding Case

    Represented Raymond James & Associates, Inc., in a raiding claim against a competitor, Cantor Fitzgerald, that hired a significant number of employees away from our client’s fixed income department

    We represented Raymond James & Associates, Inc., in a raiding claim against a competitor, Cantor Fitzgerald, that hired a significant...
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    Client Type: Public Company

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Past Events

Media Mentions & Firm News

Accolades

The Best Lawyers in America© — Arbitration; Litigation: Securities (2011-2023)

Martindale-Hubbell — AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated

Memphis Bar Association — Fellow

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Education

  • University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law - J.D., 1994
  • University of Notre Dame - B.A., 1990

Admissions

  • Tennessee, 1994
  • Florida, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, 2005
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2000
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1996