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Robert D. Wick

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    Rob Wick represents clients in high stakes antitrust cases, class actions, and other complex litigation. Rob has a long track record of defeating class certification and prevailing on the merits against multi-billion dollar claims, earning him several “Litigator of the Week” honors from AmLaw Litigation Daily and Global Competition Review. Most recently, in December 2023, he led the defendants in defeating class certification in multi-district antitrust litigation involving interest rate swaps. Rob has also had notable successes in consumer class actions, qui tam actions, and state attorney general actions.

    Rob has served as lead counsel in over 100 class actions and other complex disputes. He is currently representing clients in a variety of matters relating to financial services, technology, and commodity markets.

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    • Obtained dismissal of fifty consolidated antitrust class actions alleging auction manipulation and group boycotts in the U.S. Treasuries market and successfully defended that ruling on appeal. In re Treasury Securities Auction Antitrust Litigation (2d Cir. Feb. 1, 2024).
    • Defeated class certification in multi-billion dollar antitrust class action relating to the interest rate swaps market. In Re Interest Rates Swaps Antitrust Litigation (S.D.N.Y. December 15, 2023).
    • Defeated class certification and obtained summary judgment in multi-billion dollar antitrust class action relating to the aluminum market. Successfully defended those rulings on appeal. In re Aluminum Antitrust Litigation (2d Circuit November 1, 2023).
    • Obtained dismissal of SoftBank Group from multi-billion dollar antitrust class action directed at telecom merger. Dale v. Deutche Telekom AG (N.D. Ill. November 2, 2023).
    • Obtained dismissal of group boycott claim directed at the credit default swaps market. Tera Group v. Citigroup, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. August 14, 2023).
    • Obtained summary judgment against $582 million claim asserted by buyer of mortgage loans. MRS v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (2d Cir. 2022).
    • Obtained dismissal of antitrust class action alleging group boycott in the corporate bonds market. Litovich v. Bank of America, et al. (S.D.N.Y. 2021).
    • Defeated class certification and obtained summary judgment for defendants in nationwide RICO class action relating to mortgages. Ellis v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (9th Cir. 2018).
    • Obtained dismissal of antitrust class actions relating to the Zinc market. In re Zinc Antitrust Litig., 155 F. Supp. 3d 337 (S.D.N.Y. 2016).
    • Defeated a $3.5 billion antitrust claim shortly before trial and successfully defended the ruling on appeal. Motorola Mobility v. AU Optronics, 773 F.3d 826 (7th Cir. 2014).
    • Obtained dismissal of False Claims Act suit relating to mortgage servicing. United States v. JPMorgan Chase, 878 F.3d 309 (D.C. Cir. 2017).
    • Persuaded the Supreme Court to grant review and reverse the Second Circuit in a precedent-setting ERISA case. Conkright v. Frommert, 130 S. Ct. 1640 (2010).
    • Represented a technology company in a confidential arbitration in which the company obtained a $50 million arbitration award.

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1992
        • magna cum laude
    • Dartmouth College, A.B., 1988
        • summa cum laude
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1992 - 1993
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