Howard B. Prossnitz is a leading complex litigation and securities arbitration attorney with 42 years of successful practice. Prior to starting The Law Offices of Howard B. Prossnitz in 1994, he was a litigation partner at a 50-person Chicago law firm. He currently focuses on group FINRA arbitrations for investors and retirees who have lost more than $100,000. His specialty is representing victims of Ponzi schemes and selling away cases in claims against the clearing firm. He is a member of PIABA [Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association] and on the Editorial Board of the PIABA Bar Journal with responsibility for expert articles.

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Mr. Prossnitz has represented about 100 Morgan Keegan investors and 100 retirees in North Carolina who lost $8 million in a Ponzi scheme. He has filed many cases for these individuals.

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In addition to his work on multi-claimant investment schemes, Mr. Prossnitz has experience as a class-action attorney. He is working on a consumer class case involving Heart Check America which settled recently with consumers getting up to 40% of their money back. In the recent past, he was one of the counsel in a class action against Toyota concerning run flat tires that settled on a national class-wide basis. He also represented a group of homeowners in a law suit against their home developer.

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Mr. Prossnitz is admitted to practice law in Illinois, California, and Florida. He is a member of the federal trial bar for the Northern District of Illinois and has been admitted pro hac vice to handle cases in New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

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Mr. Prossnitz taught at Chicago Kent Law School as an adjunct professor on class actions. He is a 20+ year member of the Chicago Literary Club and has presented six papers. He served as a Treasurer, a Board member and is currently on the Publications committee.

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He is a graduate of Stanford Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review. He was a double major at Haverford College where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Highest Honors in Political Science (Kurzman Prize), and Honors in Economics.

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Email Howard at prossnitzlaw@gmail.com.