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1710 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: (215) 825-3238
Fax: (215) 875-7714
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Catherine Humphrey-Bennett
Catherine Humphrey-Bennett concentrates her practice in securities arbitration and litigation. Her cases include claims on behalf of both individual and corporate investors against every major brokerage firm in the country. These cases are based upon legal issues including misrepresentation, churning, suitability, breach of fiduciary duty and the publicized research analyst conflict cases.
With over eleven years of securities regulatory and compliance experience, Ms. Humphrey-Bennett began her securities legal career working in the legal department of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, creating options and derivative products and tackling complex options and derivative securities compliance issues. Thereafter, she worked for the legal department of American International Group and the law firm of Stradley, Ronon Stevens and Young LLP, on regulatory and compliance matters pertaining to mutual funds, variable annuities and variable life insurance products. More recently, Ms. Humphrey-Bennett worked as an Assistant Director of Compliance and Attorney for both MetLife Insurance Company and MetLife Securities Inc. At MetLife, Ms. Humphrey-Bennett was responsible for monitoring and implementing compliance policies and procedures as they related to broker-dealer and investment management legal issues for the entire MetLife enterprise.
In 1988, Ms. Humphrey-Bennett earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Temple University . She received her law degree in 1995 from Widener University School of Law. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and has also acquired the General Securities License Series 7 and Registered Securities Principal License Series 24.
Ms. Humphrey-Bennett is a member of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bar Associations, and she is also a member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA). Ms. Humphrey-Bennett's membership is pending with respect to the Philadelphia Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyer's Association.
