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Robert Tilewick

Robert Tilewick

Counsel
Greenwich,CT

Summary

Complex commercial litigation in federal appellate, trial, bankruptcy, New York and Connecticut state courts. Participated in successful litigation of some of the largest securities class actions and patent infringement suits in the country. Part of a team that performed internal compliance review for one of the largest trading houses in Japan, as well as the Audit Committee of a Fortune 200 corporation investigated by the Justice Department and SEC for reporting malfeasance. Trained and worked at top litigation firms.

Overview

39
39
years of professional experience

Work History

Principal

Robert Tilewick, Esq.
08.2006 - 03.2024
  • Commercial litigation and intellectual property matters in federal and state courts; legal and factual analyses, and drafting motions and briefs, in securities disputes throughout country at appellate and trial levels; document reviews on securities, patent, pharmaceutical, construction, insurance, and antitrust matters; appointed by CT Public Defender’s office to file appellate briefs based on constitutional claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; participated in MDL litigation relating to disk drives, and mortgage-backed securities

Associate

Kaye Scholer LLP
12.2010 - 07.2011
  • Pretrial preparation for billion-dollar patent dispute concerning the largest jet engine in commercial development

Special Assignment

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
06.2004 - 05.2006
  • Represented the audit committee of a Fortune 200 company cooperating with SEC and U.S. Justice Department investigations of possible securities fraud and accounting malfeasance; work product shared with the SEC as part of investigation parameters

Senior Associate

Graham & James, LLP
10.1999 - 04.2004
  • Company Overview: merged with Greenberg Traurig LLP in 2001
  • All aspects of patent litigation
  • International and multi-district litigation for major pharmaceutical companies; computer disk drive manufacturer; software for automated trading systems on futures markets; patent held by leading home appliance manufacturer; products included NSAIDs; synthetic HGH; an advanced DSP processor to soften the deceleration of disc drive readers
  • Obtained virtually unprecedented preliminary injunction in patent infringement matter against generic drug maker
  • Merged with Greenberg Traurig LLP in 2001

Associate

Kalow & Springut, LLP
05.1997 - 09.1999
  • Intellectual property litigation, including patents involving biochemistry and chemistry; trademark infringement litigation with extensive trial and appellate work, including successful default judgment in the SDNY against counterfeiters, affirmed by a leading 2nd Circuit decision on default judgments; exhaustive analysis of Hague Convention on Obtaining Evidence Abroad; products in issue, for patents, included one of the first ‘DNA machines’ that could replicate exact sequences of DNA; a chemical wall coating manufactured by DuPont; and for trademark, primarily high-end goods frequently counterfeited, and to this end, led, in conjunction with the U.S. Marshalls, a successful seizure of assets of defaulting defendants

Special Assignment (1996-97); Associate (1987-91)

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
10.1996 - 01.1997
  • 1996-97: Investigated multi-billion dollar losses in copper trading for Japanese trading house; interviewed (through translators) wide range of employees, from secretaries to directors to ferret out cause(s) of huge losses; worked closely with forensic accountants in drafting report recommending systemic changes to avoid such catastrophic losses in the future
  • 1987-91: Worked on various litigations, from massive MDL matters to representing individuals; extensive depositions, motions, and briefing; successfully obtained $25 million break-up fee in A.H. Robins bankruptcy; worked on products liability action on behalf of small plane manufacturer

Associate

Wiggin & Dana LLP
05.1991 - 10.1996
  • Lead and liaison counsel for all defendants in largest class action in state history
  • Successfully dismissed $2 billion claim by bankruptcy trustee on “unclean hands” defense, an issue of first impression, upheld on appeal
  • Successfully dismissed most class action claims on Rule 12(b)(6) motions
  • Counsel to lawyers charged with malpractice
  • Successfully dismissed ‘dueling forum’ dispute over intermittent wiper manufacturers

Associate

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
08.1985 - 09.1987
  • Obtained multi-billion-dollar award in arbitration brought by IBM against Fujitsu for Fujitsu’s alleged misappropriation of massive amounts of IBM’s main-frame software; worked closely with IBM programmers in developing claims
  • Research and briefing in In re WPPSS MDL; exhaustive analysis of legislative history leading up to New Deal legislation, and specifically, the creation of the BPA

Education

J.D. -

Temple University Beasley School of Law
Phila., PA

B.A. - Physics

Columbia University
New York, NY

Admissions

  • NY
  • CT
  • Second Circuit
  • S.D.N.Y.
  • E.D.N.Y.
  • D. Conn.

Timeline

Associate

Kaye Scholer LLP
12.2010 - 07.2011

Principal

Robert Tilewick, Esq.
08.2006 - 03.2024

Special Assignment

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
06.2004 - 05.2006

Senior Associate

Graham & James, LLP
10.1999 - 04.2004

Associate

Kalow & Springut, LLP
05.1997 - 09.1999

Special Assignment (1996-97); Associate (1987-91)

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
10.1996 - 01.1997

Associate

Wiggin & Dana LLP
05.1991 - 10.1996

Associate

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
08.1985 - 09.1987

B.A. - Physics

Columbia University

J.D. -

Temple University Beasley School of Law

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