Gregory E. Del Gaizo

Associate

Gregory E. Del Gaizo focuses his practice on shareholder rights litigation, particularly shareholder derivative actions and corporate merger and acquisition class actions.  Mr. Del Gaizo also helps to lead Robbins Umeda LLP's new matters practice group in which he actively identifies, investigates, and evaluates companies suspected of securities fraud, fiduciary duty breaches, and other corporate misconduct.

Mr. Del Gaizo has helped achieve significant results for his clients.  For example, he was a member of the litigation team in In re Cardinal Health Derivative Litigation, No. 02-CVG-11-639 (Ohio Ct. C.P.-Del. County Dec. 17, 2007), which secured a payment of $70 million to the company, one of the largest shareholder derivative monetary recoveries in history.  He also supported a litigation team in In re KB Home Shareholder Derivative Litigation, CV 2:06-5148-FMC (CTx) (C.D. Cal Feb 9, 2009) that obtained $30 million in cash benefits and substantial corporate governance reforms for the company.  Mr. Del Gaizo supported another litigation team in In re Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Derivative Litigation, No. 1:05CV041683 (Cal. Super. Ct.-Santa Clara County).  The team was retained by the company's Special Litigation Committee to prosecute its claims against certain of Brocade's officers and directors relating to stock option backdating.

Mr. Del Gaizo earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law.  While in law school, Mr. Del Gaizo was a research assistant for Professor Frank Partnoy, the director of the Center on Corporate and Securities Law at the University of San Diego.  Mr. Del Gaizo graduated cum laude from Providence College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.