"From what we know, there's a deeply troubling pattern and practice of misconduct at and around FirstEnergy and those affiliated with it. It's not very often you have facts compelling enough for the speaker of a statehouse to be taken into custody." Robbins' firm has been named by U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley as lead counsel for five shareholder class-action lawsuits naming current and former FirstEnergy executives as defendants. The lawsuits seek damages to be paid by the company itself for having misled investors about its involvement in the bribery scheme.