Joshua Eric Roberts

• Defending FanDuel and its directors in an action in New York State court brought by common shareholders challenging distribution of $550 million in merger proceeds.
• Defending BlackRock in suit in the Virgin Islands brought by shareholders of two public companies alleging that BlackRock fraudulently drove down the share price of the companies.
• Defended a private equity fund and certain fund partners in shareholder litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery challenging a multibillion dollar stock-for-stock merger of a portfolio company.
• Defended former directors and shareholders of a pharmaceutical company regarding prescription opioid litigation in various fora across the country, including a federal multi-district litigation and actions brought by state attorneys general.
• Represented a major foreign energy company in successfully defeating claims for billions of dollars in damages that were brought by minority shareholders in the Southern District of New York.
• Represented a major pharmaceutical company in defeating nine motions to certify classes of consumers and third-party payors and obtaining dismissal of all related MDL actions alleging RICO and consumer fraud violations based on alleged fraudulent promotion of antidepressants.
• Defended a real estate holding company in an enforcement proceeding filed by the New York Attorney General alleging that it engaged in fraudulent conduct.

Joshua E. Roberts is a trial litigator whose practice focuses on complex commercial and business litigation. He represents publicly traded and closely held companies, private equity firms, financial institutions, executives, and board members in high-stakes disputes in federal and state courts. He has extensive experience in a broad array of matters, including contract disputes, fiduciary duty claims, mergers and acquisitions disputes, class actions, multidistrict litigation, civil RICO violations, and bankruptcy adversary proceedings. He also represents companies and individuals in government enforcement actions and sensitive investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice and various state attorneys general. 

Mr. Roberts clerked for the Honorable Arthur D. Spatt of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and holds a Master of Business Administration, with a concentration in Finance, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.