Robert J. Kriner, Jr

Robert K. Kriner, Jr. is a Partner in the Firm’s Wilmington, Delaware office. From 1988 to 1989, Mr. Kriner served as law clerk to the Honorable James L. Latchum, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.  Following his clerkship and until joining the Firm, Mr. Kriner was an associate with a major Wilmington, Delaware law firm, practicing in the areas of corporate and general litigation.

Mr. Kriner has prosecuted actions, including class and derivative actions, on behalf of stockholders, limited partners and other investors with claims relating to mergers and acquisitions, hostile acquisition proposals, the enforcement of fiduciary duties, the election of directors, and the enforcement of statutory rights of investors such as the right to inspect books and records. Among his recent achievements are Sample v. Morgan, C.A. No. 1214-VCS (obtaining full recovery for shareholders diluted by an issuance of stock to management),Edward Asner v. SAG-AFTRA Health Fund, No. 20-101914 (resulting in a $20.6 million settlement for performers and actors affected by changes to health plan), In re Genentech, Inc. Shareholders Litigation, Consolidated C.A. No. 3911-VCS (leading to a nearly $4 billion increase in the price paid to the Genentech stockholders) and In re Kinder Morgan, Inc. Shareholders Litigation, Consolidated Case No. 06-C-801 (action challenging the management led buyout of Kinder Morgan, settled for $200 million).

Recently, Mr. Kriner led the prosecution of a derivative action in the Delaware Court of Chancery by stockholders of Bank of America Corporation relating to the January 2009 acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. In re Bank of America Corporation Stockholder Derivative Litigation, C.A. No. 4307-CS. The derivative action concluded in a settlement which included a $62.5 million payment to Bank of America.