Robert E. Ditzion

Education

  • Harvard University, BA, 1996 - cum laude
  • Georgetown University Law Center, JD, 2004 - magna cum laude

Associate
rditzion@shulaw.com
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Rob Ditzion is an associate at Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP. He works in the firm's employee wage litigation, consumer litigation, and securities litigation practices. Working with counsel admitted to practice in other jurisdictions, he has represented clients throughout the United States, including investors, employees, and consumers.

In the area of securities litigation, he has successfully litigated a number of shareholder derivative actions. Focusing primarily on backdated stock options, he has obtained the three highest backdating derivative settlements in the country. As part of this work, he has been involved in most of the leading Delaware backdating derivative decisions, including several groundbreaking opinions in Ryan v. Gifford (Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.).

In other work, he has represented consumers who have been the victims of a number of unfair and deceptive acts and practices, including false advertising of light cigarettes and identity theft/data breaches.

Prior to joining Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, he worked as a law clerk for the Honorable James Robertson, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia (2004-2005).

He worked for several years as an information technology consultant before attending law school. In his legal practice, he has developed an expertise in issues surrounding electronic discovery, including the exchange of electronically stored information and the use of electronic discovery support software.

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  • United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Publications

  • Note, Electronic Surveillance in the Internet Age: The Strange Case of Pen Registers, 41 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 1321 (2004)
  • Co-Author, Eighteenth Survey of White Collar Crime: Computer Crimes, 40 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 285 (2003)

Professional Associations

  • Member, American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, and Boston Bar Association