Securities Litigation Experience - Transcript

Securities litigation is a highly complex and evolving area of law, requiring deep knowledge of financial regulations, aggressive advocacy, and an ability to anticipate the strategies of opposing parties. At Malecki Law, we bring decades of experience in securities litigation, representing investors and industry professionals in high-stakes disputes. Led by founding partner Jenice L. Malecki, the firm has successfully recovered millions of dollars for investors and defended financial professionals in regulatory actions, arbitration, and civil litigation.

Jenice L. Malecki’s career as a securities litigator began with high-profile class action litigation, representing investors defrauded by publicly traded companies. One of her earliest cases involved the now-infamous Crazy Eddie scandal. Crazy Eddie, an electronics retailer known for its flamboyant commercials, defrauded its investors after going public. Malecki Law’s involvement in the case helped secure an eight-figure settlement—an extraordinary amount in the early 1990s—and even assisted U.S. Marshals in tracking down the company's founder.

Following this early success, Ms. Malecki transitioned to a securities defense firm, where she represented brokers and firms tied to some of the most notorious financial scandals of the time, including those related to the Wolf of Wall Street. These cases gave her firsthand insight into the inner workings of fraudulent brokerages and the regulatory system. Handling both customer arbitrations and regulatory defense, she gained extensive experience navigating FINRA hearings, SEC investigations, and industry disciplinary proceedings.

With this unparalleled background, Ms. Malecki founded Malecki Law with a clear vision—to represent both investors and financial professionals in securities litigation. Unlike many firms that focus solely on one side, Malecki Law understands how the opposition thinks and operates, allowing the firm to craft highly effective legal strategies. This dual perspective has proven invaluable in arbitrations, mediations, and complex litigation matters.

Malecki Law’s work spans a broad range of securities litigation, including:

• FINRA Arbitrations – Representing investors in disputes over fraud, unauthorized trading, suitability violations, and breaches of fiduciary duty.
• SEC and FINRA Regulatory Defense – Defending industry professionals against regulatory enforcement actions, subpoenas, and disciplinary proceedings.
• Securities Class Actions – Pursuing claims against corporations and financial firms for misleading investors, financial misrepresentations, and fraud.
• Employment Disputes in the Financial Sector – Advocating for financial professionals in wrongful termination cases, U5 expungements, and disputes over bonuses and compensation.

Ms. Malecki has been widely recognized as a leader in securities law. She serves as Co-Chair of the Securities Arbitration Committee for the New York State Bar Association, frequently speaks at legal and financial conferences, and has appeared in major media outlets discussing securities fraud and financial litigation.

Malecki Law is built on a passion for advocacy and an unwavering commitment to clients. Whether fighting to recover lost investments or defending financial professionals against aggressive regulators, the firm remains at the forefront of securities litigation.

When facing securities fraud, regulatory scrutiny, or complex financial disputes, experience matters. Malecki Law has the knowledge, resources, and courtroom experience to take on major financial institutions, regulators, and industry giants. If you need legal representation in a securities matter, contact Malecki Law at (212) 943-1233 or email jenice@maleckilaw.com for a confidential consultation.

I have a very interesting background as a securities litigator. I started in class action securities litigation uh when I was just a young lawyer and for some of the older people in the crowd you may remember a company called Crazy Eddie. It was famously in the movie Splash, it was one of the commercials that Daryl Hannah looked at on the tv, but Crazy Eddie was a an electronics retailer with a very flamboyant commercial who decided to go public and defraud all of his investors. We got an eight-figure settlement um which back in the early 90s was a huge amount of money um and we also helped the US marshals go and catch Crazy Eddie.

So that was a really fascinating experience that I had, it was front page news when I was traveling to work in the subway, um I moved from the class action securities litigation to a securities defense firm that represented the progeny of the Wolf of Wall Street and I got entangled as a also a fairly young attorney uh representing um a lot of the people that you might have seen in that movie and I can tell you anecdotally that the movie was tame compared to what actually happened.

So those people broke every rule, and when you’re representing people that break every rule, you learn every rule inside and out, and I did customer arbitrations for them and I did regulatory defense with for them and I helped them get more brokers if you could believe it during the time that it was all happening in regulatory hearings.

So, at the end of that I was able to start Maleki Law and I uniquely made my practice as I wanted it to be. I wanted to do a little bit of both because I felt like it kept my skills very high and it kept me grounded on both sides, so that I know what the other side is thinking in either situation.

I speak at bar associations I am the co-chair of the Securities Arbitration Committee for the New York State Bar Association i have been on tv and in the newspapers and truly Maleki Law has been my dream job and I i love my clients and my colleagues.