Roger B. Greenberg
Top rated Business Litigation attorney in Houston, Texas
Practice Areas:
Business Litigation,
Alternative Dispute Resolution,
Intellectual Property Litigation
Education Qualification:
The University of Texas School of Law
Practice Areas:
Business litigation,
Alternative dispute resolution,
Intellectual property litigation
1200 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 2611Houston, Texas, 77056
First Admitted: 1970, Texas
Bar / Professional Activity:
- American Inns of Court, Garland Walker Inn - Executive Director (2012-2018); Executive Committee member (2000 2018)
- The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern Districts of Texas
- The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern Districts of Texas
- The United States District Courts for the Southern Districts of Texas
- The United States District Courts for the Northern Districts of Texas
- The United States District Courts for the Western Districts of Texas
- The United States District Courts for the Eastern Districts of Texas
- The United States Courts of Appeals for the 11th Circuits
- The United States Courts of Appeals for the 9th Circuits
- The United States Courts of Appeals for the 5th Circuits
- The Supreme Court of the United States
- Houston Bar Association Houston Bar Foundation - Sustaining Life Fellow American Bar Association American Bar Foundation American Inns of Court Federal Bar Association State Bar of Texas-Emeritus Member Texas Bar Foundation Sustaining Life Fellow, 1970
- Fellow, College of the State Bar of Texas (1986 to present)
- Texas Bar Foundation - Sustaining Life Fellow
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation: 1987-89 Chair, Commercial Banking and Financial Institutions; 1989 Director, Division IV, Procedural Committees; Past member of multiple Task Forces: Public Dialogue, Jury Initiatives and Institute for Trial Practice Member; Past Co-Chair of multiple committees: Trial Practice, Procedural, C.L.E., Pretrial Practice and Discovery, and Class Action and Derivative Suits Committee - Programming Subcommittee
- Fellow, ABA Section of Litigation, and Contributor to Fund for Justice and Education
Verdicts / Settlements:
- Briefing and argument before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlas Global Group, L.P. v. Grupo Dataflux, 312 F.3d 168 (5th Cir. (Tex.) Nov 22, 2002) (No. 01-20245)
- Lead counsel in In re Service Corp. International Litigation, No. 99-0280, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division ($63 million settlement to class)
- Represented claimants in FINRA administered arbitration involving claims of securities and broker dealer fraud; case settled during post-award court challenges (2011).
- Defended claims of theft of trade secrets, employee raiding and intellectual property misappropriation in litigation that settled during jury selection; M-I L.L.C. vs. Chad Lee Stelly, et al., C.A. No. 4:09-cv-01552, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.
- Briefing and argument before the United States Supreme Court in Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global Group, L.P., Oscar Robles-Canon, and Francisco Llamosa, No. 02-1689.
- Defended corporation in Department of Labor investigation against claims of statutory violations involving independent contractors; investigation settled (2013).
- Local counsel for co-lead plaintiff (Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System) in Oscar Wyatt, et al. v. El Paso Corp., et al., No. H-02-2717, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division ($283 million settlement to class)
- Liaison counsel for lead plaintiff (The Regents of the University of California) in Newby v. Enron, Cause No. 01-3624, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division ($7.3 billion settlement to class)
- Panel arbitrator for AAA administered, multi-party, multi-level corporate dispute; award rendered (2013).
Scholarly Lectures / Writings:
- American Arbitration Association, Panel of Neutrals (Arbitration, Mediation), Commercial and Consumer (1980s to present) Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Member), Treasurer (2025-present) Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (Member), Panel of Neutrals
- Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (Neutral Panel) (2013-present)
- Member - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) (2013-present)
Pro bono / Community Service:
- Chinquapin Preparatory, Board Member (Underserved community school, Grades 6-12), Houston, Texas Seven Acres Home, Board Member (Assisted living), Houston, Texas, 2025
Honors:
- Distinguished Service, Innes McKillop Award, Garland R. Walker Inn, American Inn of Court, South Texas College of Law Houston, 2022
- “Excellent” rating on Avvo
- Texas Super Lawyers, Business Addition (National), 2011
Scholarly Lectures / Writings:
- US Supreme Court update, Co-Author, Does Halliburton II Allow Defendants to Prove Creativeness?, Texas Journal of Business law, 2017
- ADR Update on Practice Tips, Co-Author, Perspectives on Arbitration-Do's and Don'ts, Houston Bar Association ADR Section Annual Conference, 2014
- Supreme Court case update., Co-Author, Halliburton's Second Trip to Supreme Court: Basically the End of Securities Fraud Class Actions?, State Bar of Texas, Business Law Section (online), 2014
- Presented at the University of Texas School of Law’s 33rd Annual Conference on Securities Regulation and Business Law, February 11, 2011., Moderator for Speaker Panel, Federal and State Securities Litigation: Where Are We Now?, 2011
- Presented at University of Texas School of Law’s 34th Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference, October 28, 2010, Moderator for Speakers Panel, Litigation Opportunities in Light of New Financial Reform Laws, 2010
- Presented at the University of Texas School of Law 32nd Annual Conference on Securities Regulation and Business Law, February 12, 2010, Moderator for speaker panel, Securities Litigation: Ponzi Schemes and Scams from Maddoff to Stanford, 2010
- Presented at the UT School of Law 31st Annual Conference on Securities Regulation and Business Law, February 12, 2009, Speaker, Fifth Circuit Class Certification Update: Is Fraud-on-the-Market Alive and Well in the Fifth Circuit? An Analysis of Oscar Private Equity Investments vs. Allegiance Telecom, Inc. and Its Effect on Subsequent Cases, 2009
- Presented at the South Texas College of Law White Collar Practice for the Business Lawyer and In-House Counsel, July 31, 2008, Speaker, • Parallel Proceedings and the Fifth Amendment”, July 31, 2008, 2008
- Live teleconference presented by the American Bar Association, Section of Litigation., Panel speaker, What Makes Juries Listen? Communicating with the Modern Jury, 2003
- State Bar of Texas’ White Collar Crime for the Civil Practitioner Seminar, November 2002, Speaker, Civil Litigation During a Criminal Investigation: Plaintiffs’ Perspective, 2002
- Panelist/Co-Author, University of Texas 37th Annual Conference, Securities Regulation and Business Law Update, February 13, 2015, "Basically The Same: How the Supreme Court's Halliburton II Decision Will Impact Securities Fraud Class Action."
- Presented at the University of Texas School of Law’s 35th Annual Conference on Securities Regulation and Business Law, February 14, 2013, Speaker, Just of a Game of "Gotcha"? Emerging Standards Concerning Preservation (and Spoliation) of Electronically Stored Information
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Federal Bar Association, South District of Texas Chapter (Past President, 2002-2003; Board Member, 2000-2009; National Council Representative, 2003-2004, 2009)
- Appointment - Attorney Admissions Committee, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2006-2014; Chair, 2013-2014)
Industry Groups:
- Consumer
- Securities
- Small Business
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