Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Business & Commercial Disputes

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Co-Global Practice Group Leader - Business and Commercial Disputes

Robert is a trial lawyer whose national practice is primarily focused on resolution of disputes between businesses and their customers or employees. He has deep experience representing business clients in cases involving a wide range of allegations by both customers and employees, including consumer class actions, significant individual consumer claims, wage and hour claims, non-competition and restrictive covenant claims, as well as actions involving race, age, gender, and disability discrimination. He has successfully handled trial or other resolution of these cases on a national basis, including more than twenty first-chair jury trials in multiple states throughout the Midwest and West.

Robert serves on the firmwide governing Board and is a member of the firm's LGBTQ Global Allies Network.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS Chambers USA, Missouri: Kansas City, Litigation: General Commercial (2022) The Best Lawyers in America© , "Lawyer of the Year",  Banking and Finance Law (2022) The Best Lawyers in America©, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions (2010-2022) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Bar Association – Litigation Section, Business Torts Committee Missouri Bar Association Kansas Bar Association Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association – Business Torts and Commercial Litigation Committees Missouri "Local Litigation Star,"Benchmark Litigation Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys