Biography
Lyle Roberts is a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice. Lyle represents companies, officers, and directors in securities cases and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement matters throughout the United States. He also conducts corporate internal investigations and counsels clients with respect to securities regulatory issues. Lyle represented Mark Cuban in obtaining a complete victory against the SEC in Cuban’s closely watched insider trading case.
Lyle also has represented a number of prominent companies in the defense of securities class actions, including Paramount Global, PayPal, Opendoor, Northrop Grumman, Fidelity National Financial, Lumen Technologies/CenturyLink, and Lumber Liquidators.
Lyle is recognized as a Band 1 securities litigator by Chambers USA and a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation. He is widely-published on securities law issues, including in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, National Law Journal, and Law360. Lyle also is the author of the wellknown blog, The 10b-5 Daily, which tracks key developments in securities litigation and is the co-chairman of the annual Practicing Law Institute securities litigation program. Lyle frequently submits amicus briefs in prominent securities litigation cases on behalf of the Washington Legal Foundation, including recent briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court in the Goldman Sachs, Emulex, Halliburton, and ANZ Securities cases.
Education
- University of Chicago Law School, J.D.
- Johns Hopkins University, M.A.
- Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
- Johns Hopkins University, B.A.
Admissions & Courts
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- New York
- Virginia
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and District of Columbia Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York