Robert Ebert's litigation practice includes general business and commercial litigation and product liability litigation both locally and nationally. His experience includes a broad spectrum of all types of commercial disputes and product liability disputes. Additionally, Mr. Ebert uses his business-focused education (B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Notre Dame), and his experience as a Board Member of a $4.5 billion minority-owned technology business, to represent boards and audit committees of publicly traded companies. He has also represented professional teams, owners and professional athletes in high-profile litigation and arbitrations involving contract disputes and league-imposed sanctions.

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• Lead national counsel for major rental company defending product liability claims and other litigation throughout the country.
• Lead counsel for numerous audit committees and boards of public companies in the financial and banking, manufacturing, furniture, technology and other industries, concerning investigations of financial reporting and related issues, including issues such as software revenue recognition, state tax reserves, conflicts and disclosures of management, bank regulatory issues and inventory accounting.
• Lead counsel successfully defending (complete dismissal) major whistleblower/qui tam action involving the Trade Agreement Act.
• Lead counsel pursuing complex breach of contract claims arising out of ERP software implementation.
• Lead counsel for major cosmetics manufacturer successfully defending (dismissal) claims for breach of a sole distributorship agreement.
• Lead counsel in arbitrations and mediations addressing complex software disputes, post-closing balance sheet claims and other post-merger claims.
• Lead counsel in domestic and international contract disputes in the hospitality industry.
• Lead counsel successfully defending and responding to various federal government claims and inquiries, formal and informal, relating to TAA compliance, sales practices, regulatory compliance and related issues.
• Lead trial counsel for professional sports team in well-publicized league arbitration involving allegations of tampering and other serious violations of league rules and seeking penalties of several million dollars and numerous draft picks.
• Counsel for professional sports team defending well-publicized contract claim brought by former head coach.
• Lead national counsel for major life insurance company defending national sales practices class actions and related individual actions.

Bar and Court Admissions

Missouri, 1987

Illinois, 1988

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Education

University of Missouri-Columbia, J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1987

University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1984

Professional Affiliations

• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• Member, Diversity Law Institute
• Member, The Trial Law Institute