Tony Rospert

About Tony Rospert

As a partner in the Business Litigation group, I help clients overcome legal obstacles in order to protect their assets and manage litigation risk in pursuit of their strategic goals. I believe that a big part of my job is assessing risk for my clients in order to help them make the best possible decision for their company. I also view myself as a legal quarterback for in-house counsel by matching the needs of my clients to the resources of Thompson Hine in order to ensure success. I have carved out a national practice in representing insureds on Representations and Warranties Insurance (RWI) claims.Litigation can prove time-consuming and become costly, so for many disputes there may be more effective methods of resolution than traditional litigation. Although I have an impressive record of courtroom achievements, I seek to optimize case outcomes while managing the costs, time and stress of a lawsuit by regularly using arbitration, mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) as pragmatic ways to meet my clients\' needs.Please reach out to discuss with me opportunities relating to the litigation of complex business and corporate matters involving- Financial service and banking litigation- Complex commercial disputes- Representations and Warranties Insurance Claims- Contract disputes- Indemnification claims- Business transactions- Joint venture disputes- M&A Litigation, post-closing disputes- Executive and incentive compensation litigation- Risk management and mitigation- Early case assessment- Class actions- Regulatory enforcement- Shareholder actions- Securities actions- Real estate cases- Corporate fraud- Regulatory compliance- Environmental litigation

Experience

1. Partner

   Thompson Hine LLP

   Sep 2003 — Present

   FINANCIAL SERVICES & BANKING LITIGATIONRepresenting financial service institutions in numerous lender liability cases involving allegations of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty.Representing investment professionals against customer claims and counterclaims involving securities related liability under federal and state securities laws.Representing banks that are exposed to litigation arising out of their operations and relationships with customers, including claims for account fraud, check fraud and forged instruments, wire/electronic transfer fraud, credit and debit card fraud, ATM fraud, and for alleged violations of check-handling and security procedures.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INSURANCERepresenting insureds from a wide range of industry sectors, including representing both buyers and sellers as policyholders, in matters relating to representations and warranties insurance (R&W insurance or RWI) policies.Representing Silicon Valley technology company for claims under an RWI policy involving the insufficiency of assets and seller’s failure to disclose material degradation and failures in the acquired asset’s operational platform. Representing consumer products company in the R&W insurance claims process involving a breach of a material customer representation. Representing medical supply company in an R&W insurance claim involving the assessment of state nexus taxes. REAL ESTATE LITIGATION Representing a major real estate developer in a contract dispute with a joint venture partner arising out of a total return swap transaction valued at $34 million and a buy-sell agreement for a $160 million apartment complex.Representing landlords of shopping centers, office complexes, and other commercial properties in numerous lease disputes and eviction proceedings involving lease defaults, the non-payment of rent, holdover tenants, common area maintenance charges and other breach of lease issues.

Education

• John Carroll University

  BA, Political Science

• Vermont Law and Graduate School

  JD, Law