Bob, who joined the Firm from the Department of Justice in 1988, and who has been a Director since 1992, is the present Chair of the Firm’s General Litigation Practice Group. Bob’s practice has been focused on the representation of insurers in coverage litigation, and on the representation of their insureds where coverage has not been at issue. In both coverage litigation and direct defense, he has concentrated on the defense of clients in litigation arising from environmental, toxic tort, construction defect, professional services (particularly Architects and Engineers Professional Liability), pharmaceutical drug injury, and intellectual property claims. His litigation practice also includes personal injury defense, and general commercial litigation. Like any litigator, Bob has had occasion to take on cases in other areas as far afield as those involving employment discrimination and fidelity bond issues. A member of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Florida bars, Bob’s practice is centered in the local DC, Maryland and Virginia state and federal courts, but he has been admitted pro hac vice in the courts of virtually all other east coast states, and in a good number of states as far west as Louisiana and Texas.
Before coming to Jackson & Campbell, Bob was a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice defending environmental and toxic tort claims. He also maintained a significant admiralty and maritime caseload. In 1987, he joined the Adjunct Faculty of the Washington College of Law, The American University. Bob received a B.S.E. in civil engineering from Princeton University in 1974 and a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1977.
Bob speaks and publishes frequently on litigation and insurance coverage topics, and currently is most active in the Insurance Committee of the Defense Research Institute. He has authored the chapter on the District of Columbia in Tort Law Desk Reference, Morton F. Daller, Editor in Chief, since the initial publication of that annually updated resource in 2000. He is an At-Large member of the governing Council of the Princeton Club of Washington, and dedicates a substantial amount of time to youth sports programs in Maryland through his participation in the Potomac Soccer Association.
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