Robert S. Landy

Robert is an experienced litigator who regularly represents individual clients in connection with regulatory and white collar criminal investigations, as well as individuals and businesses in complex commercial litigation involving claims of improper conduct in the course of competition.

Litigation between competitors often involves an array of interconnected legal theories, including theft of trade secrets, false advertising, challenging and enforcing non-compete clauses, copyright infringement, tortious interference with contract, unfair competition and other business torts.  Robert has successfully prosecuted and defended against such claims in federal and state courts as well as in arbitration.  Robert also advises clients on pre-litigation strategies and litigation avoidance.

Robert is the Managing Partner of the firm's commercial litigation practice. 

Robert is a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section and serves on its Committee on the Commercial Division.

Robert has lectured and written on topics relating to hedge fund litigation and expert discovery under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Robert obtained his law degree from the New York University School of Law with the honors of magna cum laude and Order of the Coif. Robert was selected by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star for litigation in the New York metro area in each of 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Prior to joining Ford O'Brien Landy LLP, Robert practiced litigation for more than twelve years at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP and later as a sole practitioner.

Robert is a native New Yorker. He was raised on 25th Street on the east side of Manhattan and attended Hunter College Elementary and High School. He spent four years at the University of Wisconsin where he obtained a B.A. in political science. After graduation, Robert served in the United States Peace Corps in Kyrgyzstan (a former Soviet republic).