Robert is a seasoned legal strategist who advises leading businesses on their most complex and high-stakes matters. Whether clients need lead trial counsel in a class action or multidistrict litigation or want to minimize litigation exposure, they turn to Robert when their business is on the line.
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Robert helps his clients resolve their most challenging disputes. An experienced trial attorney, Robert works with clients to identify the result that will best meet their business needs and then devises a strategy to achieve that outcome, whether that is seeking early dismissal or settlement or taking a case through trial and appeal. After decades litigating in the most challenging venues in the U.S., Robert anticipates unexpected issues and looks around corners to ensure that his clients' interests are protected at all times.
Robert has significant experience advising clients in the financial services industry, though his clients also include leading companies in the technology, telecommunications, energy, health sciences, and manufacturing industries. Robert's litigation experience is diverse: he has represented clients in multidistrict litigation, class actions, administrative hearings, and multiparty disputes in a wide range of matters, including significant data breaches, complex corporate ownership disputes, patent and trademark infringement cases, trade secret and antitrust matters, and high-value fraud and breach of contract litigation.
Robert has been repeatedly recognized in Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, Benchmark Litigation, and other publications. He was selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America based on his excellence and accomplishments in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation. This honorary society recognizes exceptional trial attorneys and includes less than one-half of one percent of American attorneys. In addition, Robert was inducted as a Virginia Law Foundation Fellow, recognizing his leadership in both his legal practice and his community.
Before joining the firm, Robert served as a law clerk to the Honorable James C. Cacheris, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Consumer Finance Litigation
Financial Institutions
Marketing + Advertising
Administrative Law
Regulated Industries
Corporate Ownership Disputes
Intellectual Property
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June 2024
Regulatory Oversight Newsletter — June 2024
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06.03.24
EDVA Judge Allows Pension Investment Expert to Testify in Class Action ERISA Case
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May 2024
Regulatory Oversight Newsletter — May 2024
Virginia Rocket Docket Blog
04.29.24
EDVA Dismisses Challenge to Virginia Statute on Broadband Access