Robert was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1987. He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; and the U.S. Supreme Court. He attended Bentley College and the University of South Florida (B.A., 1984) and Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law (J.D., 1987). He is a member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association and The Florida Bar. He was formerly Vice Chairman of the Grievance Committee for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. His practice areas include: commercial litigation, real estate litigation, insurance coverage, healthcare law, business torts and noncompete agreements. For the past 30 years, Robert has received an AV® Preeminent™ designation, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review rating system.  He has been recognized as a top business litigation lawyer in multiple publications including Tampa Magazine, Florida Trend’s Legal Elite and by Florida Super Lawyers.