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 litigates complex cases across the firm’s practice areas at both the trial and appellate levels. Working with counsel admitted to practice in other jurisdictions, he has represented clients throughout the United States, including investors, employees, consumers, and corporations. He was named a Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2011.

In the area of securities litigation, he has successfully litigated a number of shareholder derivative actions. In litigation involving backdated stock options, he has obtained the  highest backdating derivative settlement in the country as well as several of the next largest settlements. 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.  He has also represented both direct and indirect victims of antitrust price-fixing conspiracies as well as employees around the country who have not been paid their proper wages or who have suffered retirement savings losses in violation of ERISA.

In addition to his work in the firm’s main practice areas, he also represents (on a pro bono basis) torture victims seeking asylum in the United States. His pro bono work has contributed to Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP's receipt of the 2011 Pro Bono Law Firm Award from the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project (PAIR) for its work in representing asylum seekers. PAIR is nationally recognized for its pro bono model of securing safety and freedom for individuals who have fled persecution, and promotes the rights of unjustly detained immigrants.

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 First Circuit
  • 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