Robert A. Magnanini

Partner
Short Hills

t: 973 218 1161
f: 973 218 1106

rmagnanini@bsfllp.com

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Area of Practice

Litigation

Education

Columbia Law School, J.D., 1993; Graduation Speaker; Whitney Seymour North Medal for Trial Advocacy

Fordham University, B.A., Soviet Studies/History, 1984; Deans List

Admissions

New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania

United States Supreme Court

United States Courts of Appeals: Third Circuit

United States District Courts: District of New Jersey, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, and Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of New York

Bob Magnanini has extensive experience in prosecuting and defending complex civil and criminal matters. He represents clients in civil commercial, environmental and False Claims Act cases. He has tried arbitrated and mediated cases in federal and state courts and before numerous administrative bodies. He spearheaded several large internal investigations which resulted in parallel civil and criminal proceedings, including white collar criminal and appellate matters. He was appointed to complete Michael Chertoff's tenure as the Investigations Officer of the Mason Tenders Union to conclude the investigation into associations with organized crime after Mr. Chertoff was appointed as the Assistant United States Attorney General for the Criminal Division.

He has prosecuted RICO and fraud actions and defended corporations and individuals in securities fraud class actions. He has litigated a large variety of commercial matters including institutional asset recovery, banking issues, minority shareholder actions, construction and commercial real estate actions and intellectual property matters for companies such as AOL, AT&T, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (now CSFB), DuPont, Foodtown, Ford Motor Company, Lucent, MobileMedia, Sears, Siemens Microelectronics, Tosco Corporation, Vivendi and Zenith. His work in the environmental area has focused primarily on defending and prosecuting federal and state cost recovery actions, regulatory and enforcement actions and corporate successor liability and dissolution issues for companies such as Atlantic Express, Baker & Taylor, International Paper Company, International Truck and Engine, Monsanto, Sears and Solutia. He has defended a variety of product liability actions involving toxic tort, personal injury and property damage claims for companies such as AT&T, International Paper Company, Monsanto, Sears and Rubbermaid.

Mr. Magnanini is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the New York Army National Guard and serves as the 42nd Infantry Division Assistant Chief of Staff, G-1 for Personnel. He served in a variety of Intelligence, Counter-drug and Counter-terrorist positions while on active duty in light infantry and special operations forces. He was activated on September 11, 2001 and was the senior division staff officer from the 42nd Infantry Division at the World Trade Center for the two weeks following the attack and responsible for coordinating and controlling over 1800 military personnel assisting in the recovery efforts. He also commanded over 1500 military personnel in and around New York City after the July 2005 London subway bombings. Mr. Magnanini was awarded New York State’s highest service award for his actions, the Conspicuous Service Medal, by Governor Pataki.

Mr. Magnanini graduated from Fordham University in 1984 with a B.A. in Soviet Studies and a B.A. in History. He obtained a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law where he was a Fellow of the Tony Patino, Jr. Fellowship, a Governor Robert B. Myner Scholar, awarded the Whitney North Seymour Medal for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, and the Student Speaker at Commencement. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Tony Patino, Jr. Fellowship.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

American Bar Association
New Jersey Bar Association
New York Bar Association
Federal Bar Association of New Jersey