Vertex Energy Inc. VTNR (last ticker on record)

CIK 890447Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restatement
95% wipeout
Delisting notice (not a red flag)
Bankruptcy
Restructuring

These figures describe clients, not conduct. A lawyer or firm can serve many companies that later had trouble for reasons that have nothing to do with their work, and nothing here says any lawyer or firm did anything wrong.

Red flags: 4; Newest began Sep 2024
Largest fall in its shares: 99%; May 1996 to Jan 2025
Law firms: 8; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 6; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Jan 22, 2025Bankruptcy or receivership (Item 1.03)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Dec 27, 2024Bankruptcy or receivership (Item 1.03)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Oct 1, 2024Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Sep 26, 2024Bankruptcy or receivership (Item 1.03)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Sep 26, 2024Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Aug 30, 2024Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jul 1, 2024Shares down 95% from their high
Feb 2, 2021Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Dec 31, 2020Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 24, 2020Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Mar 18, 2020Shares down 95% from their high
Sep 25, 2017Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 16, 2006Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 10, 1997Shares down 95% from their high

An SEC release can name a company’s officer, or its stock as what a scheme sold or moved, so the company may be the victim. Each link goes to what to read.

Law firms

The ratios are about all the companies linked to each one, this one included: how many had that outcome, as a multiple of what comparable companies show. 1.00 means no more than expected.

Law firms linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Kirkland & Ellis	Jan 2025	Named in a filing	1,686	0.98	0.17	0.87
The Love Law Firm PC.	Jun 2013	Named in SEC correspondence	8	1.63	1.73	1.27
Faegre & Benson	Oct 2011	Named in a filing	160	0.90	0.59	1.08
The Loev Law Firm, PC	Aug 2008	Named in SEC correspondence	91	1.27	1.16	1.07
TroyGould PC	Aug 2005	Named in SEC correspondence	125	0.73	1.37	1.25
COX CASTLE & NICHOLSON	May 1996	Named in SEC correspondence	8	0.00	0.00	1.26
Jackson Walker L.L.P.	Aug 2008	Text search only	158	1.10	0.81	1.39
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP	Oct 2006	Text search only	963	0.96	1.12	1.21

Lawyers

The ratios are about all the companies linked to each one, this one included: how many had that outcome, as a multiple of what comparable companies show. 1.00 means no more than expected.

Lawyers linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Matthew R. PaceyKirkland & Ellis	Jan 2025	Named in a filing	72	0.48	0.00	1.14
Jonathan R. ZimmermanFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	Oct 2011	Named in a filing	46	1.45	0.55	1.56
W. Morgan BurnsFaegre & Benson	Oct 2011	Named in a filing	27	1.11	0.00	1.28
John S. GilliesThe Loev Law Firm, PC	Dec 2010	Named in SEC correspondence	63	0.80	1.66	1.41
David M. LoevThe Loev Law Firm, PC	Aug 2008	Named in SEC correspondence	83	1.35	1.43	1.12
Lawrence P. SchnappTroyGould PC	Aug 2005	Named in SEC correspondence	12	0.63	0.98	2.08