Wolf Popper LLP

Education:

  • Columbia Law School (1981)
  • Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania (B.S. , 1978)

Bar Admissions:

  • New York
  • United States District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Tax Court of the United States
Practice Areas

Robert C. Finkel

Partner

rfinkel@wolfpopper.com
(212) 451-9620

Robert C. Finkel is a graduate of the Columbia Law School, Class of 1981 (where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), and the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania, Class of 1978, where he obtained a B.S. in accounting. Mr. Finkel has thirty years of experience in securities and corporate litigation, with an expertise in accountants' liability. He has been designated a Super Lawyer (R) 2007 in Securities Litigation.

In the Motorola Securities Litigation, No. 03 C 287 (United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois), Mr. Finkel represented the lead plaintiff, the State of New Jersey, Department of Treasury, Division of Investment. While approving a $190 million recovery, the Court stated: "You did a great very professional job here. This was hard fought, but extremely professionally fought battle and I appreciate it. Thank you."

Mr. Finkel was also an active participant in Wolf Popper's representation of the plaintiff classes in the following securities fraud class actions:

  • In re TyCom Ltd. Securities Litigation, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19154 (D.N.H. Sept. 2, 2005) (denying in part defendants’ motion to dismiss);
  • In re Service Corp. International, Case No. H-99-280 ($65 million recovery);
  • In re Medical Care America, Inc. Securities Litigation, Civil Action No. 3-92-CV-1996-R (N.D. Tex.);
  • In re Providian Financial Securities Litigation, MDL 1301 (E.D. Pa.);
  • In re TCW/DW North American Government Income Trust, 95 Civ. 0167 (PKL) (S.D.N.Y.);
  • In re Columbia Securities Litigation, 89 Civ. 6821 (S.D.N.Y.);
  • In re Donnkenny Securities Litigation, 96-CV-8452 (MGC) (S.D.N.Y.)(cash and common stock recovery);
  • In re Marion Merrell Dow Inc. Securities Litigation, Master File No. 92-0609-CV-W-6 (W.D. Mo.);
  • In re PictureTel Corp. Securities Litigation; C.A. No. 97-12135-DPW (D. Mass.); 
  • In re National TechTeam Securities Litigation, Case No. 97-74587 (E.D. Mich.);
  • In re Medical Resources, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 97-5531 (WHW) (D.N.J.);
  • Rand v. Lorimar Telepictures Corp., 88 Civ. 3179 (LLS) (S.D.N.Y.);
  • In re American Business Computers Corporation Securities Litigation, Docket No. MDL 913 (CLB) (S.D.N.Y.);
  • Lerch v. Citizens First Bancorp, Inc., Civil Nos. 90-3538, 90-4404 (D.N.J.);
  • Snapp v. The Topps Company, Inc., Civil Action No. CV-93 0347 (JG) (E.D.N.Y.);
  • In re In-Store Advertising Securities Litigation, Master File No. 90-CIV. 5594 (KC) (S.D.N.Y.);
  • In re Ivan F. Boesky Securities Litigation, M 21-45 (MP), MDL Dkt. No. 732 (S.D.N.Y.);
  • In re Quintel Entertainment, Inc. Securities Litigation, 98 Civ. 3163 (WCC) (S.D.N.Y.); and
  • In re The Drexel Burnham Lambert Group, Inc., Chapter 11 Case No. 90 B 10421 (FGC) (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.).

Mr. Finkel also prosecuted the following shareholder and consumer actions:

  • In re Triarc Companies, Inc. Class and Derivative Litigation, Civil Action No. 15746-NC (Del. Ch.) (cash and stock option recovery).

Among the reported decisions in which Mr. Finkel has appeared as counsel of record are:

  • In re Tycom Ltd. Securities Litigation, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19154 (D.N.H. Sept. 2, 2005) (denying in part defendants' motion to dismiss);
  • In re Motorola Securities Litigation, 03C287 (RRP) 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18250 (Sept. 9, 2004, N.D. Ill.) (denying motion to dismiss the complaint)(N.D. Ill.); 2007 U.S. Dist LEXIS 9530 (Feb. 8, 2007, N.D. Ill.) (denying motion for summary judgment);
  • In re Transkaryotic Therapies Inc. Securities Litigation, 319 F. Supp. 2d. 152 (D. Mass. 2004) (denying in part defendants' motion to dismiss);
  • In re Cephalon Securities Litigation, [1998 Transfer Binder] Fed. Sec. L. Rep. 90,268 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 12, 1998) (granting class certification of a class broadly defined to include short sellers and option traders);
  • In re Anicom, Inc. Securities Litigation, [2001 Transfer Binder] Fed. Sec. L. Rep. 91,458 (N.D. Ill. May 15, 2001) (denying defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint);
  • In re TCW/DW North American Government Income Trust Securities Litigation, 941 F. Supp. 326 (S.D.N.Y. 1996); 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18485 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 20, 1997) (denying defendants' motion to dismiss and motions to reargue, and granting class certification);
  • In re Providian Financial Corporation Securities Litigation, 152 F. Supp.2d 814 (E.D. Pa. 2001) (denying defendants' motion to dismiss);
  • In re Donnkenny, Inc. Securities Litigation, 171 F.R.D. 156 (S.D.N.Y. 1997) (appointing lead plaintiff);
  • In re Gaming Lottery Securities Litigation, [1998 Transfer Binder] Fed. Sec. L. Rep. 90,236 (S.D.N.Y. May 27, 1998) (denying defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint); 58 F. Supp. 2d 62 (S.D.N.Y. 1999) (granting certification of a class consisting of U.S. and Canadian investors), and [2000-2001 Transfer Binder] Fed. Sec. L. Rep. 91,339 (S.D.N.Y. 2001) (granting summary judgment against the individual defendants);
  • Chalverus v. Pegasystems, Inc., 59 F. Supp.2d 226 (D. Mass. 1999) (denying defendants' motion for summary judgment);
  • In re Quintel Entertainment Securities Litigation, Inc., 72 F. Supp.2d 283 (S.D.N.Y. 1999) (denying defendants' motion to dismiss).

Mr. Finkel has written for The New York Law Journal on subjects including shareholder voting rights and ERISA class actions.

Mr. Finkel became a partner at Wolf Popper LLP effective January 1, 1992.