Robert Kantas, Esq.

Over a law career spanning more than 20 years, Robert Kantas has dedicated himself to representing investors in major securities cases against brokerage firms including Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney, Edward Jones, UBS, Wachovia, A.G. Edwards, AIG SunAmerica, and Interactive Brokers, and many others. He has successfully recovered hundreds of millions for defrauded investors across the nation and across the globe.

Formerly a partner at securities law firm Shepherd, Smith, Edwards & Kantas, LLP, Robert Kantas retains an “of counsel” relationship with the firm.

Robert has represented investors in investment and securities fraud cases of national and international significance.  He was lead counsel for five Wisconsin School Districts that had invested $200 million into complicated Credit Default Obligation/Credit Default Swap derivatives that were misrepresented to the Districts, and which lost a significant amount of their original value.  The case was ultimately settled for a total of $218 million.  In addition, he was lead trial counsel on a case that resulted in one of the largest, if not the largest, settlements for an individual investor in the history of FINRA Arbitration. That case, which was tried against a major broker-dealer which was represented by one of the largest law firms in the nation, settled after a two-week arbitration.

As well as practicing law in a number of jurisdictions, Robert Kantas has also written and taught extensively on the subject of securities arbitration and specifically broker/customer disputes. Prior to beginning his law career, Robert Kantas served more than a decade in the United States Air Force, and is a decorated Gulf War Veteran.