Associate

East Alton

707 Berkshire Blvd.
P.O. Box 521
East Alton Illinois 62024

TEL: (618) 259-2222
FAX: (618) 259-2251

Bruce Oakes

Attorney, Bruce Oakes, leads SimmonsCooper’s securities team, often against some of the biggest brokerage houses in the industry.

He has extensive knowledge on the subject of identifying possible fraud, as well as experience representing clients in front of the NASD, NYSE, and various state securities boards. Bruce's success in receiving both compensatory and punitive damage awards, a rarity in securities fraud cases, has been profiled in both the Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly and the Piaba law journal.*

* Please note that recovery results vary per client. The recovery amounts in each case reflect the specific facts of that case. Further, recovery amounts in past cases are not a guarantee of future results. 

Noteworthy

  • Featured in Missouri Lawyers Weekly for large compensatory and punitive damage award in December 2004.
  • Featured in Piaba law journal for consecutive large punitive damage awards in November and December of 2004.

Representative Experience

19 years experience in the securities industry and with securities arbitration.