Ronald R. Rossi is a nationally recognized litigator and trial attorney whose multi-disciplinary practice encompasses matters involving business torts, contract disputes, corporate governance, finance issues, insurance coverage, internal investigations, labor unrest, securities law violations, software implementations, and troubled real estate projects for major corporate clients, developers, financial institutions and insurers in the apparel, aviation, chemical, defense, entertainment, hospitality, finance, insurance, real estate, and transportation industries, among others. Ron also has extensive experience representing foreign entities and individuals in cross border, international and United States disputes.
Ron’s successful representations of corporations, financial firms, insurance companies and individuals, in cases before federal and state courts throughout the United States, has earned him recognition in The Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation and by Lawdragon as a Leading Litigator in America.
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
► Yellow in its lawsuit against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters alleging that the Teamsters breached its binding union contract with Yellow causing Yellow more than $137 million in damages as well as the loss of $1.5 billion in enterprise value.
► Copart in a four-week jury trial resulting in a $20 million verdict against Sparta Consulting and its parent, KPIT Infosystems, for fraud and professional negligence stemming from an implementation of SAP software.
► Calverton Aviation & Technology (CAT), a subsidiary of Triple Five Worldwide, in a lawsuit against the Town of Riverhead in Long Island, NY, Riverhead’s Community Development Agency and the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency, alleging that Riverhead and its agencies engaged in a scheme to evade Riverhead’s contractual obligation to sell 1,643 acres of property to CAT.
► A leading international insurance company in successful resolution of an international arbitration proceeding governed by The Danish Institute of Arbitration rules of arbitration procedure concerning a nine-figure coverage dispute under a professional indemnity insurance policy.
► Brought in as principal trial counsel for a leading surplus lines insurance company. Instrumental in helping the insurer successfully resolve its years-long litigation with a utility company insured concerning hundreds of millions of dollars in coal ash cleanup costs sought pursuant to decades-old liability policies.
► Yellow, one of the nation’s largest transportation and logistics companies, in corporate governance and legal strategy advice, as well as various litigation and regulatory matters.
Updated Oct 2024
