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 Under Armour, Blackstone, and J.C. Penney.
Most recently, Henssler led a team of Robbins Geller attorneys in obtaining a $434 million settlement in In re Under Armour Sec. Litig. The case was previously dismissed with prejudice in 2019, but then resurrected through a highly unusual procedural maneuver, a successful motion for an indicative ruling: asking the federal judge who had dismissed the case to issue an indicative opinion informing the Fourth Circuit that he would revive the original case if it were remanded to him. Over the next five years, the Robbins Geller team defeated defendants’ motions for summary judgment and to exclude plaintiffs’ expert witnesses. The case settled just weeks before a jury trial was set to begin in Baltimore, Maryland. The $434 million recovery is the second largest securities-fraud settlement ever in the Fourth Circuit and is among the top 50 largest such recoveries in U.S. history.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2026 | Plaintiff Securities Litigation |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2026 | Financial Litigation, Plaintiff |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers | 2025 | Securities Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2025 | Plaintiff Securities Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2025 | Financial Litigation, Plaintiff |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers | 2024 | Securities Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2024 | Financial Litigation, Plaintiff |
| The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers | 2023 | Securities Litigation |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers | 2022 | Securities Litigation |
| The 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers | 2021 | Securities Litigation |
| The 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers | 2020 | Securities Litigation |
Henssler 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. Henssler has had many other successful results, including in In re Valeant Pharms. Int’l, Inc. Sec. Litig. ($1.21 billion), 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, Henssler 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, Henssler 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.
Henssler was named a Leading Lawyer in America, a Leading Litigator in America, and a Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer by Lawdragon. Henssler 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.