Iron Ark PLLC · Practice
Securities & investor claims.
Securities fraud · offerings · funds · valuation
Iron Ark PLLC represents investors, funds, and companies in disputes over what investors were told and what they lost. That includes securities-fraud claims under federal and state law, misstatements and omissions in offering and private-placement documents, fund and co-investment disputes, and claims that turn on a valuation that proved wrong. Brian C. Kerr has spent roughly two decades prosecuting claims for institutional investors and shareholders and nearly a decade defending companies against them; his matters include a securities-fraud trial that produced a unanimous jury verdict estimated at more than $9 billion. We take investor-side cases on contingency when the liability theory, damages, and collectability justify it, and defend issuers, officers, and directors on flat fees by phase.
What we handle
Federal and state securities-fraud claims.
Misstatements and omissions in offering memoranda and private-placement documents.
Fund, co-investment, and limited-partner disputes.
Valuation disputes and damages analysis.
Direct and opt-out actions for institutional investors.
Defense of issuers, officers, and directors.
How it is priced
Investor-side matters are often taken on contingency or a hybrid after we underwrite the case – from moderate-size claims to $100 million-plus cases against the largest, best-resourced firms in the country. Defense matters are priced as flat fees by phase.
When the network comes in
Typical additions are damages and loss-causation experts, specialist regulatory counsel, and lawyers admitted in the forum where the case must be filed. Network counsel work on assignments the lead team defines, and their work is reviewed before it goes out. Their cost sits inside the fee structure agreed at engagement – and on contingency matters, network attorneys join us on contingency.
What were investors told, and what did it cost?
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