Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 1

Litigation: Securities

Florida

2 Years Ranked

4

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Labor & Employment

Florida

2 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Tracy Gerber

USA

Practice Areas

Securities Litigation

Labor & Employment

Financial Regulatory & Compliance

Career

Tracy L. Gerber is Co-Managing Shareholder of the West Palm Beach office and Co-Chair of the firm’s Broker-Dealer Securities Litigation Practice. She is also a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice. Tracy regularly defends major Wall Street brokerage firms, registered investment advisers and other financial institutions in a wide variety of employment disputes in arbitration, before administrative agencies, and in state and federal courts nationwide. Tracy has substantial cross-over experience in the regulatory and sales practice arena, having handled numerous SEC, FINRA and state regulatory inquiries, investigations and enforcement proceedings, as well as customer arbitrations. Tracy regularly assists clients in identifying the collateral risks that are often inherent in employment disputes and customer cases involving unique employment related issues. She routinely works with clients on defending parallel employment, regulatory and customer matters to ensure that strategies in each are coordinated, thoughtful and complimentary.

During her career, Tracy has tried more than 50 arbitrations to final award. Tracy is skilled in defending employment claims that implicate unique reputational risk, such as claims brought by current employees, SOX and Dodd-Frank whistleblower claims, U5 defamation claims, gender discrimination and hostile work environment claims, and claims arising out of internal investigations, regulatory inquiries and product controversies. Tracy also assists clients with employment matters at their earliest stages, including pre-dispute mediations and charges and complaints brought before the EEOC, OSHA, and similar state agencies.

Tracy developed the firm's national arbitrator database, which contains background information and awards history for more than 3,500 arbitrators throughout the United States. Tracy has broad experience in arbitrator selection strategy and causal challenges of arbitrators, having consulted in the selection strategy for more than 1,000 arbitration panels. Tracy serves as an arbitrator for FINRA, and is a frequent speaker on the subject of securities arbitration. Tracy also serves on the faculty of the prestigious Securities Industry Institute at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Concentrations:

Employment litigation and arbitration

Securities litigation and arbitration

Professional Memberships

Member, American Employment Law Council (AELC)

Member, Palm Beach County Bar Association

Emeritus Member, American Inn of Court, Palm Beach County Chapter

Member, Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Palm Beach County Chapter; Member, statewide standing committee on Member Advancement and Placement; Chair, subcommittee on Law Firm Advancement

Publications

Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Labor & Employment; Litigation: Securities, 2022

Personal

J.D., University of Florida Levin College of Law, 1994

B.A., History, Tulane University, 1991

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