Mr. Robert R. Stauffer

ThomsonWest Publishing has recently announced the publication of the Third Edition of Testimonial Privileges, authored by Jenner & Block Partners David M. Greenwald, Edward F. Malone and Robert R. Stauffer.
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Mr. Stauffer is a member of the Firm's Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Class Action Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense, and Health Care Practices, and is author of the article "Enforcement Actions in the Post-Enron World: Zero Tolerance in the White-Collar Arena," which was published in The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation in July 2004.
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Jenner & Block Partner Robert R. Stauffer and Associate Darren H. Lubetzky handled the second appeal, and Associate Robert J. Blazejowski helped prepare the Firm's motion to set bond.

The Jenner & Block trial team included Robert R. Stauffer, Darren H. Lubetzky, and Robert J. Blazejowski.
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At that point, Mr. Stohr brought Jenner & Block attorneys Mr. Stauffer and Mr. Lubetzky into the case as co-legal counsel.

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ROBERT R. STAUFFER
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ROBERT R. STAUFFER, Partner
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Robert R. Stauffer is a partner in Jenner & Block's Chicago office.He is a member of the Firm's Litigation Department and Health Care Law, White Collar Criminal Defense and Counseling, and Appellate and Supreme Court Practices.Mr. Stauffer is AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell's highest peer recognition for ethical standards and legal ability.

Mr. Stauffer represents clients in connection with a wide range of health care issues, particularly those related to fraud and abuse laws.He represents pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and other providers in the defense of government investigations, in the conduct of internal allegations, and in the defense of civil lawsuits.These representations have involved a variety of issues, including Medicare billing requirements, anti-kickback statutes, self-referral statutes, off-label marketing prohibitions and pharmaceutical pricing.Matters in which Mr. Stauffer's efforts resulted in reported opinions include In re Lupron Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, 245 F. Supp.
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Mr. Stauffer represents clients in white-collar criminal matters and compliance counseling.He has defended individuals and corporations in grand jury investigations, in trials and in appeals, and he has conducted internal investigations for clients who are faced with internal or external allegations of wrongdoing.Mr. Stauffer is the Editor of Jenner & Block's Internal Investigations Update online resource center, which provides regular reports on this legal issue.

Mr. Stauffer also has extensive experience in civil commercial litigation.For instance, he has represented corporations in efforts to recover insurance proceeds to compensate for environmental liabilities incurred at dozens of sites across the country.Reported opinions in cases handled by Mr. Stauffer include In re Commercial Financial Services, Inc., 247 B..R. 828 (Bankr. N.D. Okla. 2000) (allowing limited privilege waiver), and Andersen Consulting LLP v. UOP, 991 F.Supp.1041 (N.D. Ill. 1998) (dismissing action brought under Electronic Communications Privacy Act).

Mr. Stauffer's appellate experience covers a wide variety of civil and commercial litigation.He has successfully argued cases in the state and federal appellate courts dealing with issues of constitutional law, application of the federal criminal Sentencing Guidelines and interpretation of commercial contracts.Examples of cases in which Mr. Stauffer handled appeals include Stromberg Metal Works, Inc. v. Press Mechanical, Inc., 77 F.3d 928 (concerning enforcement of forum selection clause); Janotta v. Subway, 225 F.3d 815 (2000) (appeal of fee award), and U.S. v. Tai, 41 F.3d 1170 (1994) (appeal of application of Sentencing Guidelines).

Mr. Stauffer is also active in pro bono matters.For example, on two occasions he has secured not guilty verdicts in jury trials for individuals who had spent years in prison following wrongful convictions.See People v. Vera, 660 N.E.2d 9 (1st Dist.1995) (vacating original conviction), and People v. Johnson, 329 Ill. App.3d 1230 (1st. Dist.2002) (table) (vacating original conviction).Mr. Stauffer also successfully represented in the Seventh Circuit a youth who claimed he was coerced into confessing to the murder of an elderly woman in 1993, when he was 10 years old.The court ruled that the police had violated the youth's constitutional rights.See A.M. v. Butler, 360 F.3d 787 (2004).For the work by Mr. Stauffer and others on the case, Northwestern University School of Law's Children and Family Justice Center gave Jenner & Block its 2005 Appellate Award.

Mr. Stauffer is a member of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the American Health Lawyers Association.He has authored numerous articles and other publications relating to topics such as internal investigations and testimonial privileges.

Mr. Stauffer graduated summa cum laude from the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1983.He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1986, where he served as an executive editor of the Harvard Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Law Review.He joined the Firm in 1986.From 1988 to 1990, he took a leave of absence from the Firm to serve as a law clerk for the Honorable Ilana Diamond Rovner, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.Mr. Stauffer has also taught legal writing part-time at the School of Law of Loyola University of Chicago.Mr. Stauffer is a member of the bar of the United States Courts of Appeals for the First and Seventh Circuits, the United States Court of International Trade, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Supreme Court of Illinois.

ROBERT R. STAUFFER
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The American Corporate Counsel Association has published on its website "Crisis Management: The Economy, Security and Coping with the Unexpected (A Practical Guide to Preparing for and Responding to a Crisis)" written by Partner Anton R. Valukas, Partner Robert R. Stauffer and Associate Thomas P. Monroe.
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ROBERT R. STAUFFER, ANTON R. VALUKAS, THOMAS P. MONROE
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ROBERT M. PORTMAN, ROBERT R. STAUFFER