Background
Lieff, Robert L. was born on September 29, 1936 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States.
Lieff, Robert L. was born on September 29, 1936 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States.
Cornell University; University of Bridgeport (Bachelor of Arts, 1958). Columbia University (Master of Business Administration, 1962. Juris Doctor, 1962).
Worked at Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1966, California, United States. District Court, Northern District of California and United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1969, United States. Supreme Court.
1972, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1974, United States. Tax Court. 1986, United States. District Court, District of Hawaii.
Member, Board of Visitors, Columbia Law School, 1992.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. State Bar of California (Member: Committee on Rules of Court, 1971-1974. Special Committee on Multiple Litigation and Class Actions, 1972-1973).
American Bar Association (Member, Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law).
Lawyers Club of San Francisco. San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
Consumer Attorneys of California. Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Lieff, Cabraser & Heimann was founded in 1972 and for the past 25 years has specialized exclusively in litigation involving securities fraud, antitrust, consumer fraud, products liability, toxic claims and environmental issues, employment discrimination, and other mass tort class actions on behalf of plaintiffs throughout the United States.
During the past 13 years, the firm has tried and settled approximately 120 class actions involving approximately ten million individuals, resulting in verdicts or settlements of over $6.5 billion. Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein has served as court-appointed Plaintiff Class Counsel in more than 100 certified class actions, including over 50 securities class actions, and is currently serving in that capacity in multi-district and complex federal litigations pending in Alabama, Alaska, California, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wyoming as well as state court litigation in Alabama, California, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.
Member, Board of Visitors, Columbia Law School, 1992. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. State Bar of California (Member: Committee on Rules of Court, 1971-1974.
Special Committee on Multiple Litigation and Class Actions, 1972-1973).
American Bar Association (Member, Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law). Lawyers Club of San Francisco.
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. Consumer Attorneys of California.
Association of Trial Lawyers of America.