Robert R. Henssler, Jr.

Robert R. Henssler, Jr.

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Overview

Robert Henssler is a partner in Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s San Diego office, where he focuses his practice on securities fraud and other complex civil litigation. He has obtained significant recoveries for investors in cases such as EnronBlackstone, and CIT Group. Bobby is currently leading a team of attorneys prosecuting fraud claims against Under Armour and the company’s former CEO. 

Most recently, Bobby and a team of Robbins Geller attorneys obtained a $1.21 billion settlement in In re Valeant Pharms. Int’l, Inc. Sec. Litig., a case that Vanity Fair reported as “the corporate scandal of its era” that had raised “fundamental questions about the functioning of our health-care system, the nature of modern markets, and the slippery slope of ethical rationalizations.” This is the largest securities class action settlement against a pharmaceutical manufacturer and the ninth largest ever.

Bobby was also lead counsel in Schuh v. HCA Holdings, Inc., which resulted in a $215 million recovery for shareholders, the largest securities class action recovery ever in Tennessee. The recovery achieved represents more than 30% of the aggregate classwide damages, far exceeding the typical recovery in a securities class action. Bobby also led the litigation teams in Marcus v. J.C. Penney Company, Inc. ($97.5 million recovery), Landmen Partners Inc. v. The Blackstone Group L.P. ($85 million recovery), In re Novatel Wireless Sec. Litig. ($16 million recovery), Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis v. Barclays PLC ($14 million settlement), and Kmiec v. Powerwave Technologies, Inc. ($8.2 million settlement), to name a few.

Before joining the Firm, Bobby served as a Federal Public Defender for three years in the Southern District of California. He tried cases before the United States District Court and briefed and argued numerous appeals before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. While at Federal Defenders, Bobby worked on various types of criminal cases, including financial fraud, narcotics trafficking, and alien smuggling. He obtained extensive trial experience at Federal Defenders, including a not guilty verdict and a hung jury. 

Bobby was awarded California Lawyer of the Year for 2022 and was selected as a Top 100 Lawyer in 2024 by the Daily Journal. He has also been named a Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazer by The National Law Journal, a Recommended Lawyer by The Legal 500, both a Leading Litigator in America and a Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer by Lawdragon, and named to the Best Lawyers in America list by Best Lawyers®. Bobby received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from the University of New Hampshire and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. 

Awards

  • Leading Litigator in America, Lawdragon, 2024-2025
  • Best Lawyer in America, Best Lawyers®, 2025
  • Top 100 Lawyer, Daily Journal, 2024
  • Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer, Lawdragon, 2020-2021, 2023-2024
  • California Lawyer of the Year, Daily Journal, 2022
  • Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazer, The National Law Journal, 2020
  • Recommended Lawyer, The Legal 500, 2018-2019

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Education

  • University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 2001
  • University of New Hampshire, B.A., 1997

Admissions

  • California
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California

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