ROBERT J. FLORA

Career Highlights

Bob has a wide range of experience in complex matters, including the representation of clients in highly technical matters, securities and shareholder matters, and class actions. For more than a decade, he has represented some of the largest companies in the world.

Prior to his legal career, Bob worked as an engineer for ten years managing engineers as well as hands-on designing, installing, and testing complex computer-based systems. Bob’s engineering experience complements his legal proficiency in providing an additional beneficial aspect to his representation of clients.

With this combination of experience, Bob excels at organizing and preparing complex matters for trial or settlement. His range of experience provides added dimensions in providing his clients with a methodical and well-prepared case.

Legal Matters

• Represented the owners of a nuclear power plant against an equipment manufacturer in a fraud and breach of warranty case involving malfunctioning nuclear plant equipment.
• Represented the defendants in state and federal court class actions, consolidated actions, criminal actions, and shareholder actions resulting from the worst oil spill in history.
• Represented a group of physicians bringing an antitrust action against one of the nation’s largest hospital companies, arising after the physicians failed in their attempt to open a competing facility.
• Represented a Fortune 500 company defending claims that one of its chemical products was defective and unsuitable.
• Represented a large Corpus Christi refiner in a class action nuisance case brought by plant neighbors; successfully defeating class certification.
• Represented former officers of a NYSE-listed client in a consolidation of 21 class action lawsuits filed in federal court alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5 thereunder.
• Represented investors who were defrauded out of millions of dollars in a fraud case against one of the nation’s largest banks and others.
• Represented two large utility companies in class action lawsuits alleging under payment of municipal franchise fees over a forty-year period.
• Represented a class of Texas automobile owners in a federal class action arising from defective seat belt mechanisms.
• Represented a Fortune 500 company as national coordinating counsel for lawsuits arising from toxic exposure at its chemical plants.

Activities and Affiliations

• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Houston Intellectual Property Owners Association