Robert A. Hoffman

Robert A. Hoffman, a partner in Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, has 37 years of experience in securities fraud litigation practice.  Rob has played a leading role in the prosecution of major securities class actions that have achieved landmark results, successfully litigating cases through trial and appeal.  He has also successfully represented investors in matters brought in state court, including shareholder derivative actions and merger-related litigation.

Rob is also a key member of the Firm’s case evaluation and client services group, analyzing the markets for emerging frauds and other corporate misbehavior on behalf of the firm’s clients and advising those clients on the merits of potential causes of action available to them.  Notably, he has primary responsibility within the Firm for advising pension fund clients about participating in securities litigation in jurisdictions outside of the United States.

Before joining BR&B in 1986, Rob clerked for the Honorable Charles R. Weiner of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

• In re American International Group, Inc. 2008 Securities Litigation, Master File No. 08-CV-4772-LTS, before the Honorable Laura Taylor Swain in the Southern District of New York, which resulted in a settlement of $970.5 million, among the largest recoveries achieved in a securities fraud class action stemming from the 2008 financial crisis.
• In re Merrill Lynch & Co. Securities, Derivative and ERISA Litigation, Master File No. 07-cv-9633 (LBS)(AJP)(DFE), before the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff in the Southern District of New York, a securities fraud class action arising from the 2008 financial crisis, which settled for $475 million.
• In re Schering-Plough Corp. Securities Litigation, Master File No. 01-CV-0829 (KSH/RJH), before the Honorable Katherine Hayden in the District of New Jersey,which settled after nearly eight years of intensive litigation for $165 million.

• Allegheny County Employees’ Retirement System, et al. v. Energy Transfer LP, et al., Case No. 2:20-cv-00200-GAM, before the Honorable Gerald A. McHugh in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• In re Grand Canyon Education, Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. 1:20-cv-00639-MN-CJB, before the Honorable Jennifer L. Hall in the District of Delaware.
• In re Vroom, Inc. Securities Litigation, Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-03296-PGG, before the Honorable Paul G. Gardephe in the Southern District of New York.
• In re Dentsply Sirona, Inc. Securities Litigation, Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-7254-NG-PK, before the Honorable Nina Gershon in the Eastern District of New York.
• Kinzler, et al. v. First NBC Bank Holding Company, et al., Case No. 2:16-cv-04243-SM-JVM, before the Honorable Susie Morgan in the Eastern District of Louisiana.

• Rutgers University School of Law
  Camden, N.J. | J.D. 1983
• Rutgers University
  New Brunswick, N.J. | B.A., with high distinction, 1980

• Pennsylvania, 1983
• New Jersey, 1983
• United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

• Schering-Plough Class Certified
  Barrack Bulletin, Vol. 8 (Spring 2004)
• Securities Fraud Class Actions: More Than Just Numbers
  Barrack Bulletin, Vol. 6 (Winter 2002)
• GreenTree Blunts Reach of PSLRA
  Barrack Bulletin, Vol. 4 (Spring/Summer 2002)