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Wells Fargo Under Fire For 401(k) Rollover Practices

RPWB attorneys are investigating claims that Wells Fargo may have advised people rolling over their 401(k) retirement plans to invest in alternative investments in order to earn higher fees and commissions.

These 401(k) rollovers have caught the attention of federal regulators with the Department of Justice, Department of Labor and the Securities Exchange Commission, who are reportedly investigating.

RPWB attorneys are looking for assistance from current or former Wells Fargo customers who:

  • Rolled over their company-sponsored 401(k) into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) with Wells Fargo
  • Were advised by a Wells Fargo employee to invest in certain alternative or non-traditional investments
  • Were advised by a Wells Fargo employee to invest in a Wells Fargo mutual fund
  • Put money into a managed investment account or into a fiduciary account (such as a trust fund)

If you rolled over your 401(k) into an IRA at Wells Fargo and/or a Wells Fargo employee advised you to invest in certain mutual funds or alternative investments, please call us at 1-866-344-8436 or fill out the form on this page.

You may be eligible for additional compensation by agreeing to be a class representative on behalf of other Wells Fargo customers.

RPWB is a reputable plaintiff law firm that represents consumers throughout the United States from our offices in South Carolina and Illinois. Your help in our investigation is greatly appreciated as we believe consumers must be protected to the fullest extent of the law.

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    First three Abilify gambling cases settle

    In April, the makers of Abilify settled the first three bellwether cases that were scheduled to go to trial this past June.

    Judge M. Casey Rodgers also ordered both sides to begin work on the framework for a global settlement for the nearly 2,000 other Abilify cases pending in the Northern District of Florida. The deadline for the lawyers to report back is September 2018.

    People who developed the compulsion to gamble or excessively shop while taking Abilify should contact us immediately to begin a free case review. Because statutes of limitation dictate how quickly a lawsuit must be filed, there is a very short period of time to file a claim. Depending on where you live, that window to file may have even closed.

    RPWB attorneys represent Abilify users throughout the country who compulsively gambled or shopped. For more information, give us a call at 1-888-872-4086.

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      RPWB accepting DePuy Elbow Implant cases

      RPWB attorneys are representing patients who had to replace their faulty DePuy Synthes elbow implant, a defective medical device that was pulled from the market years ago yet it still causing problems.

      In late 2016, the DePuy Synthes elbow implant was recalled after people who received the devices reported problems with radial stem loosening at the stem-bone interface. At the time, more than 50,000 of the devices had been made and sold.

      Patients who received the Depuy Synthes Radial Head Prosthesis System may experience the following problems:

      • Pain
      • Device loosening
      • Bone loss
      • Poor range of motion
      • Bone fracture
      • Soft tissue damage
      • Revision surgery

      Those people who needed a revision surgery may be entitled to compensation for pain, disabling side effects, lost wages and medical costs. Please contact us for more information.

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        16 RPWB attorneys named to Best Lawyers List

        CHARLESTON – Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman was again recognized as South Carolina’s top-listed plaintiff law firm for product liability cases and mass tort/class actions by The Best Lawyers in America® in their 2019 edition released in August 2018.

        In all, 16 RPWB attorneys were named 2019 Best Lawyers, including four new additions to the list. RPWB founding member Ed Westbrook was named Lawyer of the Year for class actions and mass torts in the Charleston-area.

        Here are the RPWB attorneys named to the 2019 Best Lawyers list:

        Michael Brickman
        Litigation – Securities
        Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

        Elizabeth Middleton Burke
        Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
        Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        David Butler
        Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
        Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Blair Hahn
        Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Greg Lofstead
        Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Christiaan Marcum
        Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Kim Keevers Palmer
        Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

        Charles Patrick
        Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Terry Richardson
        Business Litigation
        Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
        Railroad Law

        Tom Rogers
        Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
        Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Hoyt Rowell
        Health Care Law
        Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

        Brady Thomas
        Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
        Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Chris Tuck
        Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

        Ed Westbrook
        Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

        Ken Wilson
        Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

        Bobby Wood
        Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

        Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. 83,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received almost 10 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 7.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 58,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

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          RPWB is a US News 2018 Best Law Firm

          CHARLESTON, S.C. – Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman was named a 2018 Best Law Firm by U.S. News & World Report, recognizing the plaintiff firm for its work on mass torts and class actions, product liability, securities and personal injury lawsuits.

          RPWB was selected as one of the top mass tort and class action law firms in the country as well as a top-tier firm in two metropolitan areas. This included recognition for work in product liability, securities litigation, health care law and mass tort litigation in the Charleston, S.C. market and personal injury litigation in the Augusta, Ga. market. The firm also was recognized for its work in railroad law.

          In all, 12 RPWB attorneys were named 2018 Best Lawyers for their respective practice areas, including four additions in the past year.

          The four lawyers recognized as Best Lawyers for the first time in the annual publication were Dave Butler, Greg Lofstead, Christiaan Marcum and Thomas Rogers.

          Here are RPWB’s 2018 Best Lawyers listings:

          Michael Brickman
          Securities Litigation
          Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

          Elizabeth Middleton Burke
          Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
          Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          David Butler
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Blair Hahn
          Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Gregory Lofstead
          Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Christiaan Marcum
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Kimberly Keevers Palmer
          Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

          Charles Patrick
          Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
          Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Terry Richardson
          Business Organizations
          Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action Lawsuits – Plaintiffs
          Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
          Railroad Law

          Thomas Rogers
          Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
          Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

          Hoyt Rowell
          Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
          Health Care Law

          Ed Westbrook
          Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

          In addition, Hoyt Rowell was named Lawyer of the Year in Charleston for his work on healthcare law. The firm serves as a foreign legal consultant to six provinces in Canada who are seeking to recover public health spending on tobacco-related illnesses from cigarette manufacturers.

          About RPWB

          With roots dating back to the 1930s in a small, but politically important town in South Carolina, RPWB was formed in 2002 as a collective of talented legal minds who focus on complex litigation that benefits consumers and ordinary people who are harmed through no fault of their own. The firm frequently holds leadership positions in national litigation against the world’s largest corporations. We are known as some of the first attorneys in the nation to successfully hold asbestos manufacturers liable for causing mesothelioma cancer, and as some of the notable attorneys who lead the fight against tobacco companies in the 1990s that led to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. The firm enjoys a strong reputation for product liability, personal injury and class action litigation.

          RPWB also represents individual people in many practice areas, including: catastrophic personal injury, truck accidents, railroad accidents, construction defects, medical malpractice, mesothelioma and other occupational lung disease, whistleblower & qui tam, nursing home abuse, pharmaceutical drugs and medical device cases.

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