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Robert K. Crowe

Robert K. Crowe concentrates his practice in representing investors in securities lawsuits, arbitration actions and in representing securities professionals in whistleblower claims and is senior counsel with the firm. For approximately 10 years, Mr. Crowe worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in San Francisco, California. He was the securities fraud prosecution coordinator for the Northern District of California. Mr. Crowe has received written commendations for superior trial performance as a federal prosecutor from two district court judges, and Ninth Circuit Judge John T. Noonan for forceful and highly effective arguments, and from FBI Director Freeh. He has argued more than a dozen appeals before the Ninth Circuit, and filed briefs in over forty state and federal civil and criminal cases. The FBI selected Mr. Crowe to serve as an instructor for FBI international white-collar crime courses in Russia, Thailand, Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia. Mr. Crowe has tried over fifty cases and handled more than 20 securities arbitrations. His trial experience as a federal prosecutor in complex financial litigation includes:

United States v. Desaigoudar, et al.,Case No. 97-0294 VRW (N.D. Cal) (Cal. Micro Criminal Trial): Lead prosecutor in criminal trial of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Silicon Valley semiconductor manufacturer California Micro Devices. Defendants fraudulently recognized revenue, filed false financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and sold company stock while in possession of undisclosed material adverse information. Investor losses exceeded $100 million. The defendants were convicted of twelve out of thirteen felony charges after a lengthy federal jury trial.

United States v. Michael D. Wyner, Case No. CR 94-0237 MHP (N.D. Cal.): Convicted defendant after jury trial of fraudulently inducing 179 investors to invest over $10 million in 19 fictitious real estate development projects. Defendant also filed a false declaration with the Court in a Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action. The defendant was convicted of all charges and sentenced to federal prison after a jury trial.

United States v. Ross and Doherty, Case No. CR 93-0578 OMP (N.D. Cal): Convicted the principals of a telemarketing firm that raised $7 million from over 100 victim investors for a ponzi scheme. A federal jury convicted the defendants of all charges and they were sentenced to federal prison.

United States v. Boynton, Fritz and Levy, Case No. CR 86-20089 JW (N.D. Cal.): Bank fraud case resulting in the failure of the National Bank of Carmel. Bank officer defendants misrepresented their disbursement of 50% of the bank’s capital to help co-defendant acquire a high tech company. The defendants pled guilty on the eve of trial and were sentenced to federal prison.

United States v. Kevin L. Poulsen, Case No. 41 F.3d 1330 (9th Cir. 1994): Convicted Poulsen of stealing classified defense information and hacking into the phone system to obtain FBI wiretap information which he sold to organized crime figures. Poulsen pled guilty on the eve of trial and served more than three years in federal prison.

Mr. Crowe also has extensive experience in securities arbitrations and securities class action litigation. He served as lead counsel for Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., in San Francisco, CA, representing Schwab and individual Schwab brokers in class action litigation, NASD and NYSE arbitration hearings, and SEC and NYSE investigations. He also worked for Markum Zusman & Compton in San Francisco where his practice areas included representation of plaintiffs in individual and class actions in securities litigation, and defending corporations and individuals in white collar crime cases, regulatory investigations and federal administrative hearings. Mr. Crowe also worked for Girard & Greene LLP in San Francisco where he represented plaintiffs in securities class actions. During this time, he served as lead trial attorney representing Chinese students seeking to vacate a consent decree allowing the San Francisco United School district to assign students to schools based upon racial quotas. The settlement required the school district to implement a race-neutral school assignment plan and to stop giving racial preferences for admission to San Francisco’s most desirable schools. Immediately after law school he worked for four years as a Deputy District Attorney in Brooklyn, New York.

Mr. Crowe graduated from Cornell Law School in 1983 and from the University of Chicago in 1980 where he majored in Politics, Economics, Rhetoric and Law. Mr. Crowe is admitted to practice law in Illinois, California and Massachusetts. His federal court admissions include the Northern District of Illinois (general and trial bar), the Northern and Central Districts of California, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Seventh and Ninth Circuits.

Email: RCrowe@StoltLaw.com
Phone: 312.332.4200

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