Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Partner and Co-Chair, General Liability Litigation Practice Group

Rob is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and is listed in the Best Lawyers of America and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association named Rob a Dean of the Trial Bar and Missouri Lawyers Weekly honored him as "Missouri Lawyer of the Year." Rob practices in the areas of products liability, intellectual property litigation, insurance coverage litigation and commercial litigation. He has first-chaired more than 30 jury trials in several different federal and state courts. He has made numerous arguments in appellate courts throughout the country. Rob has been recognized repeatedly by Chambers USA, with one client noting Rob as an "outstanding lawyer, very responsive and successful in resolving matters for us."

Rob has been an active member of various bar organizations over his career. By appointment from the Missouri Supreme Court, Rob acts as the chair for the Missouri Approved Instruction Committee, which drafts instructions for use in civil cases. He has also served on the Missouri Bar Board of Governors, the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. Rob is also member of the Product Liability Advisory Council. He is on the firm’s Executive Committee.

American College of Trial Lawyers, Jury Committee, Vice Chair International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Fellow American Board of Trial Advocates Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, Board of Directors Missouri Approved Instruction Committee, Chair

J.D., University of Missouri – Columbia School of Law, 1987 Missouri Law Review B.A., University of Kansas, 1984