Susan Healy, a founding partner of Vernon Healy, represents individuals and businesses in cases involving financial disputes. She concentrates her practice on business litigation, securities/investment litigation and arbitration, with particular emphasis on representing investors who have suffered losses in business ventures, securities transactions and real estate deals.
Some of Ms. Healy’s recent noteworthy cases include:
■ Arbitration claims relating to the marketing, recommendation and sale of Lehman Brothers “principal protected” structured notes to UBS customers who lost virtually their entire investment when Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy.
■ Civil complaint alleging the recommendation and sale of a 419(e) Single-Employer Welfare Benefit Plan to small business owners. The Plan’s violation of IRS regulations resulted in tax liability and penalties assessed against the business owners individually, in addition to the loss of the monies invested in the Plan.
■ Civil court case alleging fraud and mismanagement of land trusts. Ms. Healy brought claims on behalf of the land trust beneficiaries and the successor trustee against the former trustee.
■ Pre-filing demand served by a small business owner on a competitor for theft of trade secrets. No formal complaint was required to be filed.
■ Litigation pursuant to Florida’s Complex Case Rule involving investors victimized by the operator of a Jackson Hewitt franchise. Ms. Healy’s clients include a young baseball player recruited out of high school by a major league team, who lost his signing bonus in this scam.
Ms. Healy has been named by her peers as one of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of securities law and is one of è Bella magazine’s Women to Watch. She currently holds leadership positions in both state and local bar associations, serving as the Chair-Elect of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, as the Treasurer of the Collier County Women’s Bar Association and also serves as a member of the Florida Bar’s Special Committee on Diversity and Inclusion. In addition, Ms. Healy is active in charitable and community organizations, sitting on the Board of Directors for the Collier County Education Foundation and presiding as the Chair of the Bonita Springs Zoning Board.
Bar Admissions include: State of Florida Bar (1984), U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (1986) U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (2002), Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (1986) United States Supreme Court (1987).
Contact Susan Healy
or by phone at (239) 649-5390
