{"id":2847,"date":"2016-01-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/merrill-lynch-broker-permanently-barred-after-years-of-allegations-and-refusal-to-respond-to-finra-requests-for-information\/"},"modified":"2018-10-08T12:40:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:40:10","slug":"merrill-lynch-broker-permanently-barred-after-years-of-allegations-and-refusal-to-respond-to-finra-requests-for-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/merrill-lynch-broker-permanently-barred-after-years-of-allegations-and-refusal-to-respond-to-finra-requests-for-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Merrill Lynch Broker Permanently Barred After Years of Allegations and Refusal to Respond to FINRA Requests for Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Merrill-Lynch-Broker-Permanently-Barred-After-Years-of-Allegations-and-Refusal-to-Respond-to-FINRA-Requests-for-Information.jpg\" alt=\"Merrill Lynch Broker Permanently Barred After Years of Allegations and Refusal to Respond to FINRA Requests for Information on silverlaw.com\" width=\"534\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Merrill-Lynch-Broker-Permanently-Barred-After-Years-of-Allegations-and-Refusal-to-Respond-to-FINRA-Requests-for-Information.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Merrill-Lynch-Broker-Permanently-Barred-After-Years-of-Allegations-and-Refusal-to-Respond-to-FINRA-Requests-for-Information-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Merrill-Lynch-Broker-Permanently-Barred-After-Years-of-Allegations-and-Refusal-to-Respond-to-FINRA-Requests-for-Information-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Michael Highfill has been permanently barred from the securities industry<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A former Merrill Lynch broker, Michael Highfill was permanently barred from the securities industry in July of 2015 after 16 years in the industry. His most recent position was with Merrill Lynch in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Before Merrill Lynch, he was a registered broker with Morgan Stanley in Ridgeland, Trustmark Financial Services in Jackson, Mississippi and with J.C. Bradford &amp; Company in New York, New York.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/Individual\/Summary\/3201665\"  target=\"_blank\">BrokerCheck<\/a><\/span> report shows that Highfill is the subject of one regulatory sanction and one civil judgment. He was also terminated from Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/merrill-lynch-broker-permanently-barred-after-years-of-allegations-and-refusal-to-respond-to-finra-requests-for-information\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Merrill Lynch Broker Permanently Barred After Years of Allegations and Refusal to Respond to FINRA Requests for Information\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Highfill has been permanently barred from the securities industry A former Merrill Lynch broker, Michael Highfill was permanently barred from the securities industry in July of 2015 after 16 years in the industry. His most recent position was with Merrill Lynch in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Before Merrill Lynch, he was a registered broker with Morgan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[599],"tags":[420],"class_list":["post-2847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-securities-arbitration","tag-finra-requests"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merrill Lynch Broker Permanently Barred After Years of Allegations and Refusal to Respond to FINRA Requests for Information &#8212; Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog &#8212; January 10, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"new article\u00a0Merrill Lynch Broker Permanently Barred After Years of Allegations and Refusal to Respond to FINRA Requests for Information on silverlaw.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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