Roger B. Greenberg | Partner | |
| phone | 713-752-0017 877-752-2477 |
| fax | 713-752-0327 |
| rgreenberg@schwartz-junell.com | |
Roger joined the firm in October 2001, having been a founding shareholder of Greenberg, Peden P.C. (formerly Richie & Greenberg, P.C.) in Houston, Texas. He received his B.A. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1966 and his J.D. degree from the University of Texas in 1970.
For over 30 years, Roger has handled a broad range of civil trial cases involving Securities, Antitrust, Banking, Financial and Accounting matters. He is admitted to practice in Texas state courts, the Supreme Court of Texas, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, the Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
Roger is an active member of the American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, serving on numerous committees in various capacities. He chaired or co-chaired committees on commercial and banking litigation, financial transactions, trial practice, pretrial practice and discovery, and CLE. Roger has been a member of multiple American Bar Association, Section of Litigation task forces: Institute for Trial Practice; Jury Initiatives; Public Dialogue. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association, the Garland Walker American Inn of Court (Executive Committee member), the Texas and Houston Bar Foundations (Life Fellow), and he is a Life Fellow of the College of the State Bar of Texas. Roger is currently an Advisory Director of Compass Bank - Houston.
Roger is regularly selected as an arbitrator qualified by the American Arbitration Association and is listed on its Panel of Arbitrators. He has recently completed Arbitrator II training sponsored by the American Arbitration Association.
- Year Joined Organization:
- 2001
- Areas of Practice:
- Litigation and Appeals
- Business & Commercial Law
- Securities Law
- Securities Class Actions
- Trade Secrets
- Professional Responsibility
- Arbitration and Mediation
- Antitrust
- Banking
- Finance and Accounting
- Litigation Percentage:
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Bar Admissions:
- Texas, 1970
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1971
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1979
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1980
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Education:
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas,
1970
Doctor of Jurisprudence - University of California, Los Angeles, California,
1966
B.A.
- Representative Cases:
- Atlas Global Group, L.P. v. Grupo Dataflux, 312 F.3d 168 (5th Cir. 2002)
- Wright v. Nimmons, 641 F.Supp. 1391 (S.D. Tex. 1986)
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Litigation Programs, American Bar Association Section
- Litigation Programs, State Bar of Texas
- Litigation Programs, Houston Bar Association
- Honors and Awards:
- Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 1982
- Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
- Life Fellow, College of the State Bar of Texas
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Arbitration Association, 1983 - Present
- Member, Panel of Arbitrators
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, 1987 - 1989
- Chair, Commercial Banking and Financial Transactions
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, 1989
- Director, Division IV, Procedural Committees
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 1980 - 1983
- Director
- Compass Bank Houston, N.A., 1987 - Present
- Advisory Director
- Texas State Bar
- Member
- Houston Bar Association
- Member
- Fifth Circuit Bar Association
- Member
- Federal Bar Association, South Texas Chapter
- Board Member
- Garland Walker Inn - American Inns of Court
- Member, Executive Committee
- University of Texas Law School Alumni Association
- Member, Executive Board
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
- Past Co-Chair, CLE Programs and Audiovisual Recording Committee
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
- Member
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
- Past Division IV Co-Director (Procedural Committees)
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
- CLE and Pretrial Practice & Discovery
- State Bar of Texas
- Member
- Texas and Houston Bar Foundation
- Life Fellow
- National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys
- Member
- Federal Bar Association, South Texas Chapter, 2002 - 2003
- President
- Federal Bar Association, South Texas Chapter, 2003 - 2004
- National Council Rep.
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
- Past Chair, Commercial Banking & Financial Transactions Lit. Comm.
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
- Past Co-Chair, Committees on Trial Practice and Professional Liability
- Past Employment Positions:
- Greenberg Peden P.C., Founding Shareholder
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Delta Theta Phi
- Sigma Alpha Mu
- Birth Information:
- 1944, Detroit, Michigan



