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Litigation

Education

  • J.D., Harvard Law School, 1995
    cum laude
  • B.A., Yale College, 1991
    summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • Massachusetts

Clerkship

  • Hon. Sandra L. Lynch, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit
  • Hon. Edward R. Korman, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
 
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Lawyers: Biography

Robyn F. Tarnofsky
Partner
A partner in the Litigation Department, Robyn F. Tarnofsky has a diverse practice that encompasses a broad range of litigation matters, including complex securities and commercial litigation.

Ms. Tarnofsky has recently litigated on behalf of:
  • Citigroup, in defense of securities class action and related fraud allegations involving Enron Corporation;
  • Merck, in defense of securities and ERISA class action litigations relating to the company’s sales of Vytorin;
  • Merck/Medco, in defense of a derivative litigation alleging that the pharmaceutical company improperly recognized revenue;
  • Conexant, in defense of securities, derivative and ERISA litigations arising out of a merger;
  • Interpool, in defense of shareholder objections to a going-private transaction; and
  • A private equity firm in defense of shareholder objections to going-private transactions.

Ms. Tarnofsky has appeared as a faculty member for the PLI’s annual program “Managing Complex Litigation” and served as executive editor of the Harvard Law Review.