Robert Dell´Osa

Robert V. Dell´Osa represents plaintiffs and defendants in commercial litigation matters, with emphasis on RICO, health care law, securities fraud, shareholder and partnership disputes, real estate litigation, and construction litigation.

Robert received his Bachelor of Science in accounting, summa cum laude, from St. Joseph’s University in 1982, and earned his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1985.

EXPERIENCE :

• Defended former County Commissioners and Retirement Fund board members in action claiming that they violated RICO by engaging in a purported pay-to-play scheme involving the award of contracts to investment advisors and investment managers in exchange for political contributions.
• Defended attorneys in an action claiming that they and their clients violated RICO by participating in a purported scheme to deprive plaintiff of his alleged ownership interest in certain patented technology.
• Represented a provider of medical services in a RICO action against its former president who, while still a trusted employee, secretly established a company providing the same services and diverted business to the new company.
• Defended an accountant in an action in which an automobile dealership alleged that multiple defendants violated RICO by committing extortion and bribery in connection with plaintiff’s attempts to acquire a Honda auto dealership.
• Representing a construction manager in the litigation arising out of the construction of office buildings, parking garages, and other components of a corporate office park.
• Defending the owner of a high-rise apartment building against claims by a terminated site work contractor.
• Representing a general contractor in litigation against New Jersey’s Division of Business and Construction arising out of a public contract for construction of a vehicle repair garage.
• Represented plaintiff hospital in action seeking, inter alia, injunction prohibiting defendant health insurer from using hospital’s name in marketing materials and a declaration that the hospital was entitled to be paid full charges for services rendered after expiration of network contract with the health insurer.
• Defended physician practice group against claims that the group and two hospital systems violated the antitrust laws and engaged in unfair competition, interference with prospective economic advantage, business disparagement, and conspiracy by purportedly participating in an alleged plan to divert business from plaintiff hospital.
• Represented plaintiff hospitals in action alleging that defendant health insurer systematically underpaid, or failed to pay, for services rendered, in violation of contract as well as federal and state law.
• Represented plaintiff hospitals in action claiming that in absence of a contract providing for discounted rates, defendant HMO must pay hospitals’ full-billed-charges for services rendered to Medicaid recipients.
• Advised clients purchasing mortgages and/or real estate-backed loans on issues with respect to loan defaults and mortgage foreclosures to assist in evaluating and structuring the transactions.
• Represented partners/shareholders/members of entities owning commercial real estate in disputes with their fellow partners/shareholders/members.

EDUCATION :

• University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1985
• St. Joseph’s University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1982

BAR ADMISSIONS : New Jersey; Pennsylvania

COURT ADMISSIONS :

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
• U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court — Middle District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court — New Jersey
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

AFFILIATIONS :

• American Bar Association
• Camden County (NJ) Bar Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Philadelphia Bar Association