Robert, who heads the firm's SEC Enforcement Defense group, has focused on complex federal civil and criminal litigation and SEC enforcement matters in Washington, D.C. for more than 30 years. He has handled an array of highly publicized cases involving financial fraud, securities violations, healthcare fraud and RICO conspiracies. He is experienced in advising clients who are the subjects of high profile parallel administrative, civil, congressional and criminal investigations.
He has represented numerous companies and individuals in SEC investigations and prosecutions. These matters have involved financial fraud and insider trading, trading in unregistered securities, off-shore violations and alleged pyramid schemes. His clients have included investment banking firms, international banks, broker dealers, national accounting firms, public companies and individual officers and directors.
Robert has represented institutions and/or individuals involved in a number of memorable Washington scandals including the Enron investigation, the Stanford Ponzi scheme cases, the savings and loan crisis, the generic drug frauds, the investigation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Pentagon "ill wind" procurement fraud investigation. He also has advised companies with regard to money laundering policies and FCPA compliance. He has extensive experience in complicated financial cases, and works comfortably with financial consultants and expert witnesses. He is skilled in the management of complex litigation involving numerous parties, parallel proceedings and voluminous documentation.
Formerly the Department of Justice's Chief of Special Litigation for the Civil Rights Division, Robert has been involved in several landmark Supreme Court cases involving the protection of individual rights, and he has argued in federal trial and appellate courts throughout the nation. Robert is a former adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and professorial lecturer at American University. At New York University, he was a Ford Foundation Senior Fellow in Criminal Justice.
