Education
Giuffra graduated from Bronxville (New York) High School in 1978. Giuffra graduated from Yale Law School in 1987.
Giuffra graduated from Bronxville (New York) High School in 1978. Giuffra graduated from Yale Law School in 1987.
He is currently a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell. Robert J. “Bob” Giuffra Junior. (born February 17, 1960) is an American attorney.
Giuffra earned his bachelor"s degree summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1983.
In 1998, Giuffra married Joyce Campbell, a former press secretary for Senator Bob Dole. The Giuffras have three children and live in Manhattan.
Giuffra served as a law clerk for Judge Ralph Winter. He also served as a law clerk for Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 1988-1989.
Giuffra also represented Porsche in the 2010 dismissal of federal securities claims seeking more than $3 billion arising out of Porsche"s takeover bid for Volkswagen.
In 2011, Giuffra served as the lead counsel to a group of leading financial institutions in separate actions in New York State court against Municipal Bond Insurance Association challenging its 2009 restructuring. In June 2011, The Am Law Litigation Daily recognized Giuffra as its “Litigator of the Week” for winning the appeal in the New York State Court of Appeals. Giuffra also served as counsel to the Audit Committee of Computer Associates, assisting with an internal investigation of accounting fraud.
He later represented Computer Associates in settling investigations by the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission.
Giuffra has served in all three branches of the federal government.
In addition to his judicial clerkships, he served as a White House aide during the administration of President Ronald Reagan. Giuffra served as chief counsel to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs from 1995 to 1996, helping to draft the Private Securities Litigation Reform Acting of 1995.
Giuffra served on the Senate Whitewater Committee. In 2013, Giuffra co-hosted a fundraiser for Senator Ted Cruz.
Giuffra served on the New York State Commission on Public Integrity from 2007 to 2009, overseeing state government ethics and lobbying laws.
He also served as a commissioner of the New York State Ethics Commission from 1998 to 2007.
In January 2014, The American Lawyer named Giuffra “Litigator of the Year” for his work in defending Union Bank of Switzerland and Porsche.
He joined Sullivan & Cromwell in 1989, becoming the head of the securities litigation division and a member of the firm"s management committee, with overall responsibility for its litigation practice. In October 2012, The Am Law Litigation Daily recognized Giuffra as "Litigator of the Week" for obtaining a dismissal with prejudice of the putative securities class action brought against Union Bank of Switzerland and members of its supervisory board and senior management after Union Bank of Switzerland"s market capitalization declined by nearly $115 billion following disclosures of Union Bank of Switzerland"s subprime and auction-rate securities losses and its DOJ and Securities and Exchange Commission settlements relating to United States. cross-border tax issues.
