Representative Matters
Robert's notable matters include:
- Obtained a seven-figure FINRA arbitration award for a hedge fund in an unprecedented case finding the fund’s prime broker bank liable for extensive losses caused by the fund’s rogue trader, notwithstanding established industry-enforced contractual defenses of "no duty" and "no responsibility" of prime brokers for trading losses of hedge funds.
- Represented several White House interns in connection with the Monica Lewinsky investigation and provided assistance to the defense of President Clinton in Congressional impeachment proceedings.
- Obtained a Delaware Chancery court decision in favor of a hedge fund’s right to enforce an arbitration clause, thereby avoiding disclosure of sensitive investor information notwithstanding a Delaware statute otherwise providing for exclusive jurisdiction over such matters.
- Represented several clients in connection with national security matters, international arms and the intelligence community, and negotiated the reacquisition of Stinger missiles together with the Central Intelligence Agency.
- Represented an aerospace industry jet engine company against Saab International and recovered several million dollars in an arbitration and federal litigation alleging fraud and material concealments in connection with the purchase of Saab’s subsidiary.
- Defended an energy and oil industry company in bankruptcy court against an effort by major creditors to defeat its Chapter 11 reorganization plan, notwithstanding its failure to initiate drilling of oil wells in accordance with contractual requirements.
- Represented a medical prosthetics company in a federal court action involving complex sale and accounting valuation issues and won an award of several million dollars in a related valuation proceeding resulting in the favorable resolution of the litigation.
- Served as co-lead trial counsel in the representation of a major toy industry company, which won a successful settlement several weeks into trial, involving hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud and contract claims in connection with the sale of the company.
- Defended a trader in a bonus scandal investigation by the New York State Attorney General’s Office, resulting in no action against the client nor disgorgement of the seven-figure bonus.
- Prevented any action being taken against a client lobbyist in the public pensions fund investigation conducted by the New York State Attorney General’s Office.
- Obtained the dismissal of all criminal charges filed against a well-known television personality in connection with an equally high-profile criminal prosecution and has represented other celebrities in well-publicized prosecutions and litigations.
- Defended a client and affiliated entities in a complex fraud litigation in Cyprus involving claims of political corruption and Russian corporate raiding.
- Represented Ford Models in a federal trademark infringement litigation defeating a Massachusetts-based modeling agency that had been improperly using the Ford name for over 20 years.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
