Articles Tagged with Mcdermott Investment Services

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker James Poindexter (Poindexter), currently associated with Mcdermott Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Poindexter recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $624,000.00 on February 19, 2026.

Claimants, experienced real estate investors, purchased 9 Delaware Statutory Trusts in 2021-2023, as part of several tax advantaged 1031 exchanges of their prior real estate investments. 3 of those DSTs are not performing to Claimants’ expectations. Accordingly, Claimant has made various allegations and legal claims related to suitability and due diligence with respect to those 3 DSTs. Allegations also include breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, misrepresentations, omissions, failure to supervise and breach of contract.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Julienne Riddell (Riddell), previously associated with Mcdermott Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Riddell recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $227,000.00 on March 19, 2026.

Claimants, experienced real estate investors, purchased a Delaware Statutory Trust in August 2022, as part of a tax advantaged 1031 exchanges of their prior real estate investments. Due to circumstances well beyond broker-dealer’s control, the DST is not performing to Claimants’ expectations. Accordingly, Claimant has made various allegations and legal claims related to suitability and due diligence with respect to the DST. Allegations also include breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, misrepresentations and omissions, failure to supervise and breach of contract.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Dean Mcdermott (Mcdermott), currently associated with Mcdermott Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Mcdermott recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $227,000.00 on March 19, 2026.

Claimants, experienced real estate investors, purchased a Delaware Statutory Trust in August 2022, as part of a tax advantaged 1031 exchanges of their prior real estate investments. Due to circumstances well beyond broker-dealer’s control, the DST is not performing to Claimants’ expectations. Accordingly, Claimant has made various allegations and legal claims related to suitability and due diligence with respect to the DST. Allegations also include breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, misrepresentations and omissions, failure to supervise and breach of contract.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Troy Thomas (Thomas), currently associated with Mcdermott Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Thomas recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $400,000.00 on March 25, 2026.

Claimant, an experienced investor in real estate, including Delaware Statutory Trusts (‘DSTs’), purchased a DST in August 2021 as part of a tax advantaged 1031 exchange of a prior real estate investment. Due to circumstances well beyond Firm’s or RR’s control, that DST is not performing to Claimant’s expectations. Accordingly, Claimant has made various allegations and legal claims related to suitability and due diligence with respect to the DST. Allegations also include breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, misrepresentations and omissions, failure to supervise and breach of contract.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Craig Fernsler (Fernsler), currently associated with Mcdermott Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Fernsler recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $300,000.00 on March 25, 2026.

Claimants purchased multiple DSTs in June 2021 as part of a tax advantaged 1031 exchange of a prior real estate investment. Due to circumstances well beyond Firm’s or RR’s control, ONE of the DSTs is not performing to Claimants’ expectations. Accordingly, Claimants have made various allegations and legal claims related to suitability and due diligence with respect to the DST. Allegations also include breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, misrepresentations and omissions, failure to supervise and breach of contract.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Elliott Hill (Hill), previously associated with Mcdermott Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Hill recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $500,000.00 on January 26, 2021.

Customers allege that the firm and financial advisor failed to perform adequate due diligence in connection with a 1031 exchange recommendation in 2015 that customers invest in a Delaware Statutory Trust.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Troy Thomas (Thomas), currently associated with Mcdermott Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Thomas recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on January 17, 2023.

[REDACTED] allege that the firm failed to conduct adequate due diligence in connection with [REDACTED]’s 2015 investment into four Delaware Statutory Trusts purchased to effect a tax-advantaged 1031 exchange of [REDACTED]’s prior real estate investments. [REDACTED] also allege that these investments were unsuitable. Allegations also include breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, common law fraud, and failure to supervise.

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