Robert H. Bunzel

About Robert H. Bunzel

Business trial attorney. President Assn of Business Trial Lawyers in Northern California…

Experience

1. Partner and General Counsel

   Bartko Pavia LLP

   Sep 1981 — Present

   Rob Bunzel represents both plaintiffs and defendants in civil, criminal, or regulatory matters. He has successfully tried 3 antitrust jury trials to verdict. Mr. Bunzel’s jury trial wins include a $4.85 million plaintiff’s contract breach verdict (2007), successful defense of a US executive in a criminal antitrust trial where the government had obtained 17 guilty pleas for international price-fixing (2008), a $2 million plaintiff’s verdict in a municipal bond financing case (2010); and a defense verdict in a civil antitrust monopolization trial where the plaintiffs asked the jury for $34 million (2010).In 2011, Mr. Bunzel secured an $18 million judgment for a major bank’s former investment advisors, and in 2015 a $7.4 million result for advisors suing a different bank. In 2015, Mr. Bunzel on behalf of one of San Francisco’s leading antitrust lawyers successfully caused dismissal of a lawsuit seeking a multi-million dollar fee split, after successfully challenging out-of-state arbitration over the claim. Mr. Bunzel in July 2014 obtained an extraordinary Writ from the State Court of Appeal, dismissing with prejudice a suit with $4 billion exposure in a data breach case in the healthcare industry. Sutter Health v. Superior Court, 227 Cal.App.4th 15••••14), review denied Oct. His international appearances include examinations in Zurich and Lugano and in Japan and China, and he has represented foreign officials in U.S. legal matters.Mr. Bunzel has represented companies, directors/officers, and shareholders in antitrust, finance, sports, philanthropic, real estate, technology, medical and other businesses, and in state and federal litigation and governmental investigations, including at the SEC. He has testified as an expert regarding the standard of care in business litigation. Mr. Bunzel represented the San Francisco 49ers in their ownership dispute.

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Appeals
• White Collar Criminal Defense
• Litigation
• Competition Law
• Business Litigation
• Class Actions
• Trial Practice
• Privacy Law
• Trade Secrets
• Trials
• Corporate Law
• Unfair Competition
• Securities Litigation
• Arbitration
• Civil Litigation
• Commercial Litigation