Stacey Myers Garrett

Stacey is a shareholder located in Keesal, Young & Logan’s Long Beach office. She has successfully represented securities broker-dealers and banks in jury trials, bench trials, class actions, and hundreds of arbitrations.

Securities: Stacey regularly appears in state and federal courts and in securities arbitrations before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Stacey’s experience includes defending claims alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Rule 10b-5), violations of the California Corporations Code, excessive mark-ups and commissions, unauthorized trading, failure to hedge, overconcentration, margin abuses, collars and restricted stock (Rule 144), breach of fiduciary duty, suitability, concealment, conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, money-laundering, failure to supervise, negligence, and elder abuse. Stacey also has advised and defended firms and registered representatives in securities regulatory inquiries initiated by FINRA, the New York Stock Exchange, and the California Department of Corporations.

Banking: Stacey has successfully defended national and community banks in claims alleging wrongful foreclosure, wrongful mortgage lending and underwriting practices, claims of oral promises to loan money or extend deadlines, breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and alleged violations of federal and California banking statutes.

Privacy and Cybersecurity: Stacey is certified by the… Read More

Stacey is a shareholder located in Keesal, Young & Logan’s Long Beach office. She has successfully represented securities broker-dealers and banks in jury trials, bench trials, class actions, and hundreds of arbitrations.

Securities: Stacey regularly appears in state and federal courts and in securities arbitrations before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Stacey’s experience includes defending claims alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Rule 10b-5), violations of the California Corporations Code, excessive mark-ups and commissions, unauthorized trading, failure to hedge, overconcentration, margin abuses, collars and restricted stock (Rule 144), breach of fiduciary duty, suitability, concealment, conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, money-laundering, failure to supervise, negligence, and elder abuse. Stacey also has advised and defended firms and registered representatives in securities regulatory inquiries initiated by FINRA, the New York Stock Exchange, and the California Department of Corporations.

Banking: Stacey has successfully defended national and community banks in claims alleging wrongful foreclosure, wrongful mortgage lending and underwriting practices, claims of oral promises to loan money or extend deadlines, breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and alleged violations of federal and California banking statutes.

Privacy and Cybersecurity: Stacey is certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals in United States private sector privacy law (CIPP/US) and European Union privacy and data protection law (CIPP/E). She also is a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT). Her work includes defending clients accused of various privacy laws, assessing clients’ legal and regulatory compliance with applicable privacy laws, under federal law, California law, and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Stacey has written articles on developments in and issues pertaining to privacy law, and has spoken to a number of groups about these topics. Recent articles include:

• Are U.S. Records Retention Requirements on a Collision Course with the GDPR’s “Right to Erasure?” (May 2018), Cybersecurity Law & Strategy; Law.Com
• Strengthening Trust and Market Share with Strong Privacy and Data Security Practices (July 2018), Western Independent Bankers magazine

Education
Stacey graduated summa cum laude from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo with a B.S. degree in journalism (1987). She obtained her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (magna cum laude) (1991). While in law school, Stacey was a member of the Hastings Law Journal and Order of the Coif.

Additional Honors and Recognition
Los Angeles Magazine Southern California “Rising Star” for 2004
Los Angeles Magazine Southern California “Super Lawyer” 2005–2018 (designation limited to 5% of the attorneys practicing in California).
Recognized by Los Angeles Magazine as a “Top Attorneys in Southern California” in the field of securities litigation (February 2012)
AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Bar Memberships/Courts
Stacey is a member of the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Nevada. She also is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and all of the United States District Courts in California and Nevada.

Other
Stacey advocates combining technology and law to efficiently deliver high quality legal services. Stacey’s and Keesal, Young & Logan’s use of the LexisNexis CaseMap® software tool to electronically manage evidence, evaluate issues, and collaborate in case development was featured in a case study published by LexisNexis (click here for full case study).