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Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLPPartner
Robert J. Katzenstein
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Robert J. Katzenstein

5.0
2 reviews

1000 West Street, Suite 1501, P.O. Box 410, Wilmington, DE 19899

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Chancery/Corporate Litigation, Commercial Litigation and 1 more

About Robert J. Katzenstein

Bob is managing partner of the firm. He is an experienced arbitrator, mediator and trial attorney. Bob has extensive experience litigating cases in the Court of Chancery, Federal District Court, and Superior Court, in particular, the Complex Commercial Litigation Division (“CCLD”) of Superior Court. Bob is an original member of the CCLD Advisory Committee, which recommended the CCLD policies and procedures. His Superior Court experience includes commercial, insurance coverage and liability cases.

As a member of the panel of commercial arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association, Bob has been appointed arbitrator in more than 60 cases, including disputes among LLC members, claims of breaches of fiduciary duties and fraud by appropriation of corporate opportunities, breach of a stock purchase agreement, breach of a stockholder agreement, and breach of an asset sale agreement.

Bob has served as mediator in several cases.

 

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Robert J. Katzenstein got this award in 2021

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Areas of Law

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Other 2
    • Chancery/Corporate Litigation
    • Insurance Coverage Litigation

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: In a case of first impression in Delaware, the Superior Court, applying the Full Faith
    Credit clause of the U. S. Constitution, denied motion to dismiss client's registration of Arizona judgment under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, even though the Canadian judgment upon which the Arizona judgment was based could not have been domesticated under the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgment Recognition Act. The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed on November 5, 2015 Alberta Securities Comm'n v. Ryckman, 2015 WL 2265473 (Del. Super. May 5, 2015) aff'd, 2015 WL 6848141 (Order) (Del. Nov. 5, 2015). Lead trial counsel in successful case against largest class member that refused to pay its share of attorneys' fees. Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP v. Fidelity Management & Research Co., 2014 WL 1599935 (Del. Ch. Apr. 16, 2014). Won summary judgment for insurer in coverage case, based upon attorney professional liability policy exclusion of any dispute over fees or costs. Attorneys Liability Protection Society, Inc. v. Eisenhofer
    Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., 2014 WL 2884506 (Del. Superior Ct. June 10, 2014). Won dismissal of defendant in helicopter fatality case based on lack of personal jurisdiction. Laugelle v. Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., et al., (Del. Superior Ct. 2012). Obtained dismissal on ground of no personal jurisdiction with respect to declaratory judgment action concerning buy-sell provision of limited liability company agreement. In re: KM Staunton Development, Inc. (Del. Ch. 2011).
  • Additional Links
    http://www.inblf.com/attorneys?uid=145

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    Supreme Court of the State of Delaware
    United States District Court for the District of Delaware
    United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    1976, Delaware
    1979, District of Columbia
    Memberships

    Associations

    •American Arbitration Association
    Member, Panel of Commercial Arbitrators
    •Delaware State Bar Association
    Member, Corporation Law Section, Litigation Section
    Formerly Co-chair, Committee on Judicial Appointments
    •American College of Coverage Counsel
    •Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court
    Bencher
    •America Bar Foundation, fellow
    •American Bar Association
    •Board of Bar Examiners of the Delaware Supreme Court
    Past Member
    •Defense Counsel of Delaware
    Past President
    •American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula
    Past Board Chair and Member
    •Mass for the Homeless, Inc.
    Past Board Chair and Member

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Pennsylvania Law School
    Class of 1976
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Yale College
    Class of 1973
    B.A.
    cum laude
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1951
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 2, 1951

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    Robert J. Katzenstein was admitted in 1976 to the State of Delaware.
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    Robert J. Katzenstein is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
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    Robert J. Katzenstein attended University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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