LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 6, 2011) - Imperial Capital, LLC announced today that James Carmack has joined the Firm as a Managing Director and Head of Equity Sales & Trading based out of Imperial's Los Angeles Office. Mr. Carmack will be responsible for continuing the expansion of Imperial's equity capital markets efforts. Mr. Carmack is an industry veteran with approximately thirty years of securities industry experience, twenty seven of which were with Jefferies & Company, Inc.