Robert D. Wick

Robert Wick represents financial institutions and corporations in high stakes class actions and antitrust cases.  He has obtained favorable results for his clients in courts across the country and in arbitration, including notable successes in multi-billion dollar matters and a $50 million recovery that he obtained for a corporate plaintiff.

Mr. Wick has a distinguished record of representing financial institutions in consumer class actions and state attorney general parens patriae actions.  Many of these matters were successfully resolved through pre-trial motions or favorable class certification rulings.  Mr. Wick is a former Vice Chair of the firm’s litigation practice.

Representative Matters

• Served as lead counsel for financial institutions and corporations in over forty class actions and state attorney general actions asserting a wide variety of antitrust, unfair and deceptive practices, RICO, ERISA, FDCPA, FCRA, TILA, and common law claims.
• Represented a leading financial institution and obtained a favorable settlement in a multi-billion dollar antitrust case brought by American Express against major credit card issuers.
• Represented IBM in multi-billion dollar class action litigation that ended successfully with the Seventh Circuit’s decision in Cooper v. IBM, 457 F.3d 636 (7th Cir. 2006).
• Represented a leading financial institution in In re Foreign Currency Conversion Fee Antitrust Litigation, a consolidated set of antitrust class actions that settled on favorable terms after motions practice eliminated a majority of the class.
• Represented a technology company in an international arbitration in which the company prevailed and obtained a $50 million award.
• Represent a leading financial institution in In Re Tax Sales Certificates Antitrust Litigation, a putative antitrust class action alleging bid-rigging at tax liens auctions.
• Represent a leading electronics manufacturer in In Re TFT-LCD Antitrust Litigation, a consolidated set of antitrust class actions and opt-out suits involving liquid crystal displays.
• Persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review and reverse a Second Circuit ruling against the Xerox pension plan in a case that made new law under ERISA.  See Conkright v. Frommert, 130 S. Ct. 1640 (2010).

Honors and Rankings

• Legal 500 US, Finance - Financial Services: Litigation and Labor & Employment - ERISA Litigation
• Recognized as a Washington DC Super Lawyer in Antitrust Litigation and in Class Action/Mass Torts Litigation.