BIOGRAPHY
ROBERT A. ROYAL is a shareholder with the Phoenix law firm of Tiffany & Bosco, P.A., where his practice emphasizes intra-corporate dispute and
director, officer and manager liability issues. His practice has been limited to litigation. He has often lectured to Arizona lawyers and others on
topics involving litigation issues and litigation skills. His special emphasis involving disputes and litigation between shareholders, directors, officers
and managers has led to Mr. Royal publishing, lecturing, and serving as an expert witness in the area. Mr. Royal has chaired several seminars
concerning business and corporate litigation and related topics providing information to hundreds of attorneys. He was the author of the litigation
sections of the Arizona Business Corporations Act and oversaw the writing of the other sections of the act that would reflect on litigation issues.
He served as a consultant regarding passage of the Arizona Limited Liability Act. He is the litigation editor of the treatise The Arizona Corporate
Practice Guide. Mr. Royal also is the founding chair of the Arizona State Bar Subsection on Business and Corporate Litigation. Mr. Royal is presently
chairing the Business and Corporate Litigation Special Interest Group of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel and the committee to introduce
legislation to update Arizona's Limited Liability Act. Mr. Royal represents two of the nation's largest insurers of directors' and officers' liability
in the state.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
A Summary of Liability Created Under The New Arizona Non-Profit Corporation Act
Arizona Corporate Practice Guide, 1996-2005 Corporate and Limited Liability
Litigation Section
A Thorough Analysis of the Unique Issues of the Limited Liability Company
Beyond Traditional Shareholder Protections In Corporate Documentation
Breach of the General Standards of Conduct for Directors and Officers
Business Divorce
Common Law Duties And Theories Of Liability for Directors and Officers
Director and Officer Liability and Litigating Under the Limited Liability Company Act
Directors Participation in Setting Salary
Doctrine of Inevitable Disclosure By A Former Employee
Does Dual Representation In A Shareholder Derivative Suit Create A Conflict Of Interest Preventing The Attorney/Law Firm From Representing Both The Shareholder And The Corporation?
Fiduciary Duties in Limited Liability Companies
Fiduciary Duty
Fiduciary Duty Arising From Corporate Formation
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Litigation Procedures in Corporate Litigation
Litigation and Liability Under the New Arizona Business Corporation Act
Litigation and the LLC: A Comparison of Litigation Statutes Between the Arizona Business
Corporations Act and Limited Liability Company Act
Oppression: Squeeze Out Techniques Arising From Corporate Documentation
Representing Boards of Directors
Shareholder and Director Liability Created By Corporate Documents
Termination of Shareholder Rights: Buy-Sell Agreements, Oral and Written
Unique Defenses In Director And Officer Litigation
Unique Litigation Issues Arising From Selected Corporate Agreements
What Accountants Should Know About Minority Shareholder Disputes
When Business Partners Part Company
Practical Considerations When Litigating Under Arizona's Business
Corporation's Act and Limited Liability Act
Unique Litigation Devices and Procedures
When Dispute Arise from a Broken Deal
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