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Robert D. Towey represents clients in complex litigation involving a wide range of corporate and commercial matters. Mr. Towey has experience in all phases of litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, in federal district, bankruptcy and state courts throughout the United States, as well as in arbitration tribunals. He has tried numerous jury and non-jury cases.
Mr. Towey has represented a broad spectrum of clients, both as plaintiffs and defendants, in cases involving breach of contract, fraud, trade name disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, consumer fraud class actions, creditors’ rights disputes, public contract bidding protests, toxic torts, product liability and franchise relationships. His corporate clients have included ADP, Inc., ADP Commercial Leasing, LLC, AT&T Corp., AT&T Wireless, Inc., Avaya, Inc., Cognis Corporation, Daiichi-Sankyo, Inc., Forest Laboratories, Inc., Global Tel*Link Corporation, Henkel Corporation, Inwood Laboratories, Inc., Lucent Technologies, Inc., March & McLennan Co., The Crump Group, St. Jude Medical, Inc., Tyco Telecommunications and Vonage Holdings Corp.
Among the cases Mr. Towey has been involved with are the following:
- Mr. Towey is defending a manufacturer of telecommunication equipment in a multimillion dollar claim for breach of contract and theft of trade secrets.
- Mr. Towey is representing a commercial real estate developer in litigation contesting the award of a public contract to a competing developer.
- Mr. Towey is representing several pharmaceutical companies in actions brought against the New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services as a result of efforts by the State to collect retroactive rebates for pharmaceutical products that were unilaterally included by the State in its New Jersey WorkFirst Program.
- Mr. Towey is defending an energy company in a consumer class action alleging consumer fraud and other false advertising claims.
- Mr. Towey is defending a telecommunications provider in litigation contesting the award of a public contract to his client
- Mr. Towey is defending a major chemical manufacturer in a mass tort action arising out of alleged injuries from the exposure to benzene products
- Mr. Towey is representing a commercial real estate developer in a dispute arising out of the release of chemicals and asbestos and the contamination of property as well as insurance coverage issues
- Mr. Towey has assumed the representation of an ambulatory surgical center and its physician owners with respect to a $9 million dollar jury verdict against the center and in favor of a former physician-employee
- Mr. Towey has assumed the representation of a surgical center and its physician owners in a significant whistle-blower case brought by a former employee also alleging claims for fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract, and counterclaims for theft and conspiracy
- Mr. Towey is representing physicians whose in-network status with a major healthcare insurance carrier has been terminated as a result of their ownership of an out-of-network ambulatory surgical center
- Mr. Towey is in charge of the firm’s pro bono representation of injured military veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with respect to military disability proceedings
Mr. Towey is listed in the 2008, 2009 and 2011 editions of Super Lawyers.
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Seton Hall University School of Law
(J.D., 1984),
cum laude, Business Editor, Seton Hall Law Review
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Drew University
(B.A., 1981),
summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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New Jersey
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1984,
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
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1986,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
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