Jenice L Malecki

JENICE L. MALECKI, ESQ. is a well-known New York securities attorney and has been a FINRA arbitrator and Chairperson. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, Ms. Malecki was named as a Top Attorney by Super Lawyers and the National Law Journal, featured in the New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, National Law Journal and other related publications, as well as being named as one of “New York’s Women Leaders in the Law 2014”. She appears regularly on TV, in the news and on the radio. Ms. Malecki is a frequent bar association and law school speaker, as well as a seasoned authority on New York law, who frequently files official comments for consideration on new rules and laws.  In 2014, she visited Senators and House of Representatives members’ offices to garner support for the Investor Choice Act of 2013, currently on the floor of the House of Representatives, and to persuade the Senate to pass similar legislation.

Ms. Malecki is a member of and has been on the Board of Directors (and an Officer of) the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), a member of the Board of Directors of The PIABA Foundation – a non-profit organization with a mission to educate investors and provide the public with information about abuses in the financial services industry and the securities dispute resolution process. She has been a member of the Securities and Exchanges Committee at the New York City Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association, having spoken many times at the Practicing Law Institute (PLI), the New York City Bar Association and the New York County Lawyers Association, Brooklyn Law School, St. John’s Law School and New York Law School, as well as participating annually in PIABA’s year-end conference. Ms. Malecki has appeared on Wall Street Journal Live, NBC’s Today Show, Fox Business News, ABC’s Eyewitness News, Bloomberg Television, China TV, EBR TV and several other syndicated shows and networks.  She has also appeared on Steve Forbes’ in-flight radio show “America’s Most Influential Women in Government, Technology, Business, and the Law”, as well as other nationally syndicated radio programs. She and her cases have been and continue to be cited in numerous industry publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes and Newsweek. The Wall Street Journal featured Ms. Malecki in an educational video clip about the arbitration process at FINRA, the Financial Regulatory Authority. Ms. Malecki’s career has been the subject of an article of Law Crossing.

Jenice L. Malecki’s experience as a New York securities attorney began in class action litigation, having worked on the famed class action case In re Crazy Eddie in the counsel’s office of the lead plaintiffs. Throughout the 1990’s she represented numerous broker dealers and was instrumental in regulatory matters involving well-known “boiler room” stock fraud characteristic of the era. In 1999, Ms. Malecki founded her own practice, MALECKI LAW, in Manhattan, which today employs an esteemed staff of securities arbitration and employment lawyers.

Ms. Malecki was awarded Martindale-Hubbell’s highest legal ability rating of “AV Preeminent”, a distinction she has long maintained. This rating “identifies a lawyer with very high to preeminent legal ability”, and is a reflection of one’s “expertise, experience, integrity, and overall professional excellence.” These ratings, “established by attorneys for attorneys, clearly indicate [Ms. Malecki] demonstrate[s] the highest professional and ethical standards.”

Features

• Business Formation (LLC, Corporation)
• Compliance and Regulatory Issues
• Consumer Privacy Violations
• Contract Drafting and Negotiation
• Corporate Governance
• Credit Report Disputes
• Debt Collection Abuse (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act)
• Defective Product Claims
• Discrimination Cases (Race, Gender, Disability)
• Employment Contracts
• Employment Law for Businesses
• Fraudulent Business Practices
• Freedom of Speech Cases
• Harassment Claims
• Human Rights Advocacy
• Identity Theft Litigation
• Intellectual Property Protection for Businesses
• LGBTQ+ Rights
• Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA)
• Police Misconduct
• Prisoner Rights Cases
• Religious Rights Cases
• Shareholder Disputes
• Union Negotiations
• Wage and Hour Disputes
• Warranty and Return Policy Issues
• Workplace Discrimination
• Wrongful Termination

• License
  Licensed in New York
  State: New York
  Acquired: 1992
  Currently Registered
  
  Licensed in Massachusetts
  State: Massachusetts
  Acquired: 1992
  Inactive
  
• Honors
  2012 - Amicus Award, PIABA
  2011 - Amicus Award, PIABA
• Work Experience
  1995 - 1999 Associate, Singer Frumento, LLP
  1992 - 1994 Associate, Sirota & Sirota, LLP
  1991 - 1992 Associate, Ezra & Howe, LLP
  1990 - 1991 Clerk, Magistrate Judge Francis
  1990 - 1991 Student Clerk, Ernst & Young
  1986 - 1990 Student Clerk, Curtis, Mallet Prevost , Colt & Mosle, LLP
• Sample of Legal Cases
  Leyder v. Network 1 -
  AWARD OF APPROXIMATELY $200,000.
  Group Case against brokerage firm for Ponzi Scheme -
  APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION
  Staub v. Morgan Stanley -
  WON APPROXIMATELY $650,000.
  Staub v. Morgan Stanley -
  WON APPROXIMATELY $650,000.
  Hedge Fund Ponzi Scheme -
  $2.1 MILLION.
• Associations
  2021 - Present
  New York Law School - Adjunct Professor
  2021 - Present
  NYS Bar Association, Federal and Commercial Litigation Section's Securities Arbitration Committee - Co-chair
  New York County Bar Association - Member
  New York State Bar Association - Member
  Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association - Member/Fmr Board/Officer/Secretary
  2015 - 2018
  FINRA- National Arbitration and Mediation Committee (NAMC) - Member
  2015 - 2017
  The PIABA Foundation - Vice President
• Education
  1991 - New York Law School - JD - Juris Doctor, cum laude
  1988 - Manhattanville College - BA - Bachelor of Arts, cum laude
• Publications
  2015 - Practising Law Institute Securities Arbitration Handbook
  Cross Examination of the Broker in Product Cases
  2014 - 2014 PLI Securities Arbitration Program
  Recent and Upcoming Rule Changes: Arbitrator Classification, Panel Composition, and Referrals for Disciplinary Action
  2014 - New York City Bar Association
  Whistleblowers: 3rd Annual White Collar Crime Institute
  2014 - New York County Lawyers' Association
  Hot Topics In Arbitration 2014
  2013 - Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association Journal
  Suitability in the Wake of FINRA Regulatory Notice 12-55
  2012 - Practicing Law Institute (PLI)
  Ethics in Discovery: Court, A Backdrop for Arbitration
  2011 - Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association Annual Meeting
  Arbitration Pleading & Practice: Every Case Its Own Way – The Malecki Example: “Affinity Fraud, Non-Securities Related Notes & the Pure Failure to Supervise a Branch
  2010 - Practicing Law Institute (PLI)
  Developments in the FINRA Arbitration Discovery Process
  2010 - PIABA Annual Meeting
  Reg. D and Private Placements - “The Tale of Two Private Placement Arbitrations: ‘Oh, What a Difference a Panel Can Make’”
  2006 - PIABA Annual Meeting
  What Documents to Take to Every Hearing
  2005 - Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
  Advance Trial Techniques: Borrowing from Theatre
  2005 - New York State Bar Association publication
  How to Start Your Own Law Practice or Law-Related Business
• Languages
  English - Native / Fluent

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