Board of Directors

Robert A. Magnanini

Robert MagnaniniColumbia 1993

Bob is a partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP’s New Jersey office in the litigation department.  He has extensive experience in prosecuting and defending complex civil and criminal matters, and represents clients in civil commercial, environmental and False Claims Act cases. He has tried, arbitrated and mediated cases in federal and state courts and before numerous administrative bodies.

Bob was appointed to complete Michael Chertoff’s tenure as the Investigations Officer of the Mason Tenders Union to conclude the investigation into associations with organized crime after Mr. Chertoff was appointed as the Assistant United States Attorney General for the Criminal Division.

Bob is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the New York Army National Guard and serves as the 42nd Infantry Division Assistant Chief of Staff, G-1 for Personnel. Bob was activated on September 11, 2001 and was the senior division staff officer from the 42nd Infantry Division at the World Trade Center for the two weeks following the attack and responsible for coordinating and controlling over 1800 military personnel assisting in the recovery efforts. Bob also commanded over 1500 military personnel in and around New York City after the July 2005 London subway bombings. Bob was awarded New York State’s highest service award for his actions, the Conspicuous Service Medal, by Governor George Pataki.  Bob is currently mobilized, serving at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

Bob is a 1993 Tony Patiño Fellow from Columbia University Law School, where he was also a Governor Robert B. Myner Scholar, and the student speaker at Commencement. He received a B.A. in Soviet Studies and a B.A. in History from Fordham University in 1984.

Bob has been on the Board of Directors since 2005.   He is currently the chapter leader for the Columbia Fellows, and serves on the Finance and Renewal Committees.