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Q. Which lawyer do i use to get money back from crooked stock broker?

recieved a call a couple of months ago, may 5, from someone at basicinvestors in new york telling me to buy a stock call agfeed, cymbol feed. they told me it would double in two months because it is the biggest company in china. the stock has lost half it value. the broker insists that i buy more on margin to 'double down' then the stock went down again and i got a margin call and was told i had to sell some shares. i did that and i recieved another call telling me i had to sell more share, which i did. then i got a letter that said the clearing house had sold me out. i was basicaly charged three times commission to sell shares that i was talked into buying. i have lost half my money and this broker keeps telling me to buy more. i call finra and they say they look into it. i started looking for lawyer and found the lawyers shepherd smith & edwards, llp have a whole page about the crooks at basic investors and even have basic investors complaint and legal claims center. they say that basic investors of ny was fined $25,000 finra reports reporting source: regulator allegations: sec rules 11ac1-4, 15c2-11, nasd rules 2110, 3010, 4632, 4642, 6620, 6740 - basic investors, inc. failed to display immediately customer limit orders in listed securities in its public quotation, when each such order was at a price that would have improved the firm's bid or offer in each such security; or when the order was priced equal to the firm's bid or offer and the national best bid or offer for each such security, and the size of the order represented more than a de minimis change in relation to the size associated with the firm's bid or offer in each such security; the firm incorrectly reported to the nasdaq market center (nmc) the second leg of "riskless" principal transction(s) in nnm securities; "riskless principal transactions in smallcap securities; "riskless" principal transaction(s) in otc securities because it incorrectly designated the capacity of such transaction(s) as "principal." the firm published quotations for otc equity securities or non-exchange-listed securities or, directly or indirectly, submitted such quotations for publication in a quotation medium, the pink sheets, and did not have in its records the documentation required by sec rule 15c2-11(a)("paragraph (a) information"); did not have a reasonable basis under the circumstances for believing the paragraph(a) information was accurate in all material aspects; and did not have a reasonable basis under the circumstances for believing that the sources of the paragraph (a) information were reliable. the quotations did not represent a customer's indication of unsolicited interest. for each of these quotations, the firm failed to file a form 211 with nasd at least three business days before its quotations were published or displayed in a quotation medium. [continued in comments.] date initiated: 05/03/2007 docket/case number: 20050003265-01 resolution date: 05/03/2007 sanctions ordered: censure monetary/fine $25,000.00 other sanctions ordered: undertaking sanction details: without admitting or denying the findings, the firm consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings; therefore, the firm is censured, fined $25,000 and required to revise the firm's written supervisory procedures regarding compliance with disclosure of order execution information, riskless principal trade reporting, sales in threshold securities, books and records, the quotation of non-exchange-listed securities, and bid test compliance requirements within 30 business days of acceptance of this awc by the nac. summary: the firm's supervisory system did not provide for supervision reasonably designed to achieve compliance with applicable securities laws, regulations, and nasd rules concerning compliance with disclosure of order execution information, riskless principal trade reporting, sales in threshold securities, books and records, and the quotation of non-exchange-listed securities. the firm failed to provide documentary evidence that it performed the supervisory reviews set forth in its written supervisory procedures concerning the requrements of bid test compliance during a month. should i hire this law firm? they seem to know all about the crooks that took my money at basic investors but i do not know how good they are as lawyers? do anyone know this firm? i have never had to get lawyer for something likek this before. thanks for help