Robert Kevin Savage, Attorney

Robert K. Savage is a New Jersey native who has been living in Florida for more than 20 years. He has been a member of the Florida Bar since January 1994 with extensive experience in the areas of securities brokerage compliance and regulatory matters, including defending brokers who have been sued. He is licensed to practice in all Florida state courts as well as the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Since entering the private practice of law to sue brokers, Mr. Savage has sued many brokers on behalf of numerous investors who suffered losses due to stockbroker and brokerage firm misdeeds. He has successfully mediated to settlement a large number of arbitrations, including a recent settlement of $8,275,000.00 as a result of suing a large national brokerage firm.

During the last 8 years, Mr. Savage has defended scores of customer complaints of clients who sought to sue their broker, as well as numerous arbitrations. By defending brokers against clients who want to sue their broker, Mr. Savage has gained valuable experience handling virtually every type of claim that could be made against a registered representative and/or brokerage firm. Mr. Savage uses this experience to help you sue your broker.

Mr. Savage was senior in-house counsel and chief compliance officer for approximately five years for a large regional brokerage firm. He and the two other founding members began the brokerage firm with three administrative staff and less than ten brokers. In the ensuing years, they grew the firm to have a back office' administrative staff of approximately 20 and more than 450 registered representatives in approximately 25 states and Puerto Rico. Mr. Savage also worked for several other broker-dealers in similar capacities.

Mr. Savage was responsible for many aspects of the brokerage firm's growth, but primarily for the development, implementation, and maintenance of the compliance and legal systems. He developed the surveillance systems, audit program, continuing education materials, and supervisory procedures and compliance manuals. Most importantly Mr. Savage defended customer complaints of clients who wanted to sue their broker and who filed NASD arbitration claims.

Mr. Savage also worked as a regulator with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD) in Manhattan. During Mr. Savage's time working as a regulator at the NASD he investigated numerous customer complaints against registered representatives and brokerage firms.