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Robert Wick's practice focuses on complex litigation for financial institutions and pension plans. He has represented some of the nation's largest banks and pension plans in high stakes antitrust and ERISA litigation. Mr. Wick is a former Vice Chair of Covington’s litigation practice.
Representative Matters
- Represented one of the nation's leading financial institutions against multi-billion dollar antitrust claim asserted by American Express in American Express Travel Related Services Co. v. Visa U.S.A. Inc., et al. (S.D.N.Y.). The case was successfully settled and dismissed as to Mr. Wick's client in November 2007.
- Represented one of the nation's leading financial institutions in In re Foreign Currency Conversion Fee Antitrust Litigation, a multi-district antitrust class action that recently settled on favorable terms.
- Among several representations of cash balance plans in class action litigation, represented the IBM cash balance plan in a billion dollar case that ended successfully with the groundbreaking decision in Cooper v. IBM Personal Pension Plan, 457 F.3d 636 (7th Cir. 2006).
- Represented a satellite communications company in an international arbitration in which the company prevailed and obtained a $50 million arbitration award.
Honors and Rankings
- Recognized as a Washington DC Super Lawyer in the area of antitrust litigation in 2007.
- Recognized by the National Law Journal as one of it's top "40 under 40" lawyers in the nation in 2005.
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