Berger & Montague shareholder Robin Blumenfeld Switzenbaum
has been named a 2018 Local Litigation Star by Benchmark
Litigation, a publication that covers the litigation and
disputes market in North America.
Honorees are selected after a research period (lasting from four
to six months) where Benchmark Litigation's researchers
conduct extensive interviews with litigators and their clients to
identify the leading litigators and firms. During these interviews,
researchers examine recent casework handled by law firms and ask
individual litigators to offer their professional opinions on
peers.
Local Litigation Stars for each state reflect only those
individuals who were recommended consistently as reputable and
effective litigators by clients and peers.
Ms. Switzenbaum concentrates her practice on litigating complex
civil cases, with a particular focus on real estate, securities,
corporate governance (including limited partnerships and REITs),
and voting control disputes. In addition to successfully resolving
major securities class actions in her career, Ms. Switzenbaum
has applied her plaintiffs' side expertise to representing business
sellers who have encountered difficulties in securing the value of
their pay-outs from purchasers of their companies.
Ms. Switzenbaum currently serves as lead counsel with Lawrence
Deutsch in In re Precision Castparts Corp. Shareholder
Litigation, No. 15CV21455 (Oregon) and Rabin v.
NASDAQ, No. 215CV0551 (E.D. PA), contesting market
manipulation in call options on the NASDAQ PHLX. Recently, with
Lawrence Lederer, she was lead counsel in Dodona v.
Goldman, Sachs, et al., No. 10 Civ. 7497 (VM) (DCF)
(S.D.N.Y.), regarding two synthetic collateralized debt obligations
sold by Goldman Sachs.
Ms. Switzenbaum served as lead counsel
in Ginsburg v. Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., et
al., C.A. No. 2202-CC (Del. Ch.), representing certain
shareholders of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange in the Delaware
Court of Chancery. The case settled in excess of $99 million. In
another state court action, Ms. Switzenbaum represented a class of
holders of a publicly traded common stock who were denied their
preemptive rights, Korman v. InKine Pharmaceutical, Case
No. 04341 (CCP, Philadelphia County). This case settled for $9
million.
She has also successfully pursued claims on behalf of litigation
trusts, bringing actions against officers, directors, and auditors
of insolvent companies. Ms. Switzenbaum has also been extensively
involved in litigating securities cases against financial
institutions such as Wells Fargo, Merrill Lynch, Lehman
Brothers, Citi, and Chase Manhattan, and against
retailers such as Rite Aid, Sunbeam, and Revlon.
Prior to joining Berger & Montague, Ms. Switzenbaum was an
attorney with Saul Ewing, focusing on real estate, bankruptcy and
zoning matters.