Mr. Robertson is a partner in the New York location of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.  Mr. Robertson, who was resident in the Houston location for 12 years before moving to New York, practices in the area of business litigation including antitrust, contract litigation, consumer protection, trade secrets and business torts. He has handled domestic and international arbitrations in contract, tort and intellectual property matters under the ICC, UNCITRAL, AAA and ad hoc rules.   He has represented clients in a wide variety of governmental investigations including federal grand jury investigations, investigations by various state attorneys general and investigations by the United States Department of Justice. 

Mr. Robertson's broad-based experience extends to companies in a variety of industries including healthcare, aggregates, oil and gas, energy, computer software and hardware, telecommunications, insurance and consumer products. He also counsels clients on antitrust issues related to both transactions and trade associations.  He has tried cases to juries and nonjuries.

He is a member of the firm's antitrust, marketing, and trade regulation practice group; the arbitration practice group; the governmental investigations practice group and the securities litigation practice group.

• Mr. Robertson appeared before the United States Supreme Court in 2004 in a case dealing with subject matter jurisdiction. The firm's client prevailed.
• Represents a foreign based international oil and gas company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff seeks hundreds of millions of dollars related to oil and gas fields in Kazakhstan on an unjust enrichment claim.
• Represents a major investment bank in a fraud and breach of contract case in New York state court. The case is on appeal after the court granted the client's motion to dismiss.
• Represents an international energy company in a purported class action in New York state court where the plaintiff class alleges that a gift card program violates the New York consumer protection act. The court granted the client's motion to dismiss. The dismissal is on appeal.
• Represented an equipment manufacturer third-party defendant in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. The third-party plaintiff alleged breach of contract, negligence and contribution. The breach of contract and negligence claims were dismissed with prejudice on the client's motion. The remaining claim was favorably settled.
• Represented a pharmacy benefits management company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in which the plaintiff alleged breach of contract, fraud and RICO violations. After the client filed a motion to dismiss, the case settled on favorable terms.
• Represented an investment fund in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and obtained a mandatory temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction before settling on favorable terms.
• Represented a major manufacturer of consumer goods as plaintiff in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York alleging that the defendants violated the Lanham Act and other statutes by manufacturing and distributing counterfeit products. Obtained a favorable settlement including a permanent injunction.
• Represented a major manufacturer of consumer products in a purported class action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The plaintiffs alleged RICO violations, negligence, fraud, breach of warranty and other claims. The court dismissed the claims with prejudice after the client moved for dismissal.

Antitrust

• Represents a title insurance carrier in over 65 different class action lawsuits claiming violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), among other claims.
• Represents a wholesale pharmaceutical distributor in an antitrust case filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in which the plaintiff alleges violations of Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Act.
• Represents an international energy company in a lawsuit filed by over 30 gasoline dealers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging violations of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act ("PMPA") and the Robinson Patman Act.
• Represents a telecommunications company in an antitrust case filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in which the plaintiff alleged violations of Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Act. The case was transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
• Represented a foreign based manufacturer of cosmetics in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs alleged that the client violated Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act and the Donnelly Act by making claims of monopoly, conspiracy to fix prices, refusal to deal, and tying. After the client defeated the applications for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, the plaintiffs dismissed the lawsuit without payment by the firm's client.
• Represented a telecommunications company in two antitrust cases filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in which the plaintiff alleged violations of Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Act. The cases were dismissed.
• Represented an energy company in a $1 billion parens patriae claim filed by the State of Hawaii in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii alleging violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. The case was settled.
• Represented an entity created by the State of New York in a lawsuit filed against it in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. The client was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff after the firm's client filed a motion to dismiss.
• Represented a fruit wholesaler in a case brought in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. The firm's client was voluntarily dismissed without having to make any payment.
• Part of the trial team in a six week trial in Texas state court in a case where the plaintiff alleged violations of the Texas state antitrust laws and tortious interference.
• Represented a hospital in Texas state court where the plaintiff alleged violations of the Texas state antitrust laws. The firm's client prevailed after an evidentiary hearing on an application for a preliminary injunction.
• Represented a consumer products manufacturer in an antitrust counterclaim in a patent infringement case in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The case settled the night before trial was to begin.
• Represented a manufacturing company in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in an action claiming violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. The case settled before trial.
• Represented a food distribution company in an antitrust criminal investigation and in subsequent antitrust civil lawsuits.
• Represented a supplier of building materials in a criminal sentencing hearing and in subsequent antitrust civil lawsuits.

Arbitration

• Represented a United States provider of manufacturing facilities in a dispute with a Chinese company in an ICC arbitration. Seat of the arbitration was New Jersey. The client sought over $US 15 million plus costs. The case settled before a final hearing.
• Represented an international energy company in an ICC case brought related to a power plant in the Dominican Republic. The claimant sought a declaratory judgment and the firm's client counterclaimed for breach of contract seeking to require the claimant to sell its ownership interest in the power plant for a substantial discount. The firm's client withdrew its claims before the final hearing making the arbitration moot. A hearing was held on costs. Just before the ICC released the final award, the case was settled as a part of the sale of assets.
• Represented a foreign energy company in a claim brought against it by United States chemical companies in an ICC case. Settled before final hearing. The seat of the arbitration was in Houston, Texas.
• Represented a telecommunications client in a claim against a foreign telecommunications carrier for approximately US $5 million in an AAA-ICDR case. The case settled before final hearing. The seat of the arbitration was in New York.
• Represented a provider of web content in obtaining preliminary relief in a case administered by the AAA-ICDR. The case settled before the final hearing. The seat of the arbitration was Houston, Texas.
• Represented an oil field tool manufacturer in a dispute with a foreign competitor in an AAA-ICDR case. The case settled before a final hearing. Represented the client in state court TRO and preliminary injunction hearings. The seat of arbitration was Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Represented a payment systems network in an AAA-ICDR arbitration against an international payment systems competitor. The case settled before final hearings. Seat of the arbitration was in New York.
• Represented investors in a claim against a drilling company in an AAA-ICDR arbitration that went through final evidentiary hearings. The seat of the arbitration was Houston, Texas.
• Represented a consumer products manufacturer in all phases of a patent infringement arbitration under UNCITRAL rules. The arbitration went to final hearing. Unanimous arbitration panel in favor of the client. Seat of the hearing was in Chicago, Illinois.
• Represented a foreign energy company in state and federal court challenges to subpoena issued by an arbitrator in New York.

• American Bar Association
  • Antitrust Section
  • Litigation Section
• New York Bar Association
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• District of Columbia Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Houston Bar Association
  • Antitrust & Trade Regulation Section, Chair (1998 - 1999)

• Contributor, Antitrust Jury Instructions, American Bar Association, 2005 edition
• Contributor, Antitrust Evidence Handbook, American Bar Association Task Force of the Section of Antitrust Law
• Co-author with Layne Kruse, Discovery Sanctions Under Federal Rule 37 and Texas Rule 215, 7^th Annual Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course, State Bar of Texas
• "No Bull, He Ran - Twice," New York Law Journal, June 2003
• "A Texan Comes to Town," New York Law Journal, December 2002
• Coordinating Editor, Civil Discovery Handbook, American Bar Association Antitrust Section, 2002 edition
• Co-Author with Carl Vogt, "Compensating Victims of September 11 Terrorist Attacks," New York Law Journal, November 30, 2001
• Contributor with William R. Pakalka and Layne E. Kruse, "Subject Matter Jurisdiction," Chapter of Federal Practice Guide: Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial - 5^th Circuit

• "Fourth Annual Litigation Trends Survey Findings," New York, NY, November 6, 2007
• "Litigation, Arbitration, Mediation, Or A Combination?" New York State Bar Association Commercial & Federal Litigation Section, Spring Meeting, Lenox, MA, May 6, 2007
• "Drafting An Effective International Arbitration Clause," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., New York, NY, April 12, 2007
• "Dealing with Electronic Discovery Under the 2006 Amendments to the Federal Rules," Association of Corporate Counsel, Greater New York Chapter, New York, NY, October 31, 2006
• "Living with Electronic Discovery," Deloitte & Touche, New York, NY, March 29, 2004
• "Effective Dispute Resolution Strategies for International Business Operations," The Conference Board, Council of Senior International Attorneys, Boston, MA, April 2004
• "Antitrust Laws and You," written and oral presentation made to numerous clients and trade associations
• "Corporate Crimes: The Rules Are Different," written and oral presentation to Houston Bar Association Antitrust & Trade Regulation Section; Houston Bar Association Corporate Counsel Section; and American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section White Collar Crime Committee - Southwest Region

1989 - J.D., Columbia University School of Law
1985 - B.A., Southern Methodist University

While attending law school, Mr. Robertson was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar.

He was admitted to practice law in Texas in 1989, in D.C. in 2002 and in New York in 2002.

Mr. Robertson has hiked the Himalayas in Bhutan, hiked the Inca Trail in Peru and run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.  He has invested in Tony award winning Broadway shows.

• Southern Methodist University Alumni Board
• First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, Elder
• Human Rights Campaign, Board of Governors
• Pi Kappa Alpha Educational Foundation, Board of Directors
• Pi Kappa Alpha, International Parliamentarian 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008