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Bob was born September 23, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York. He received his B.A. Degree from Dartmouth College in 1959. He graduated from the Yale Law School in 1962, and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1962 and to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1970.

Bob is one of Dade County's premiere trial lawyers. He has been listed annually since 1987 in the Best Lawyers in America in two categories–Business Litigation and Criminal Law since 2003 and in 2003 and 2004 he was listed in Chambers and Partners as one of the top four commercial litigators in Florida. In 2006 he was listed #1 trial lawyer in Florida by Super Lawyers. He has received the Dade County Bar David Dyer Professionalism Award, the Bnai Brith Professionalism Award, the Florida Defense Lawyers Rodney Thaxton "Against All Odds" award and the American Bar Association Senior Section Pro Bono Award. He is Past President and Dean of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Past-President of the Peter T. Fay American Inns of Court and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has served on the American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Judiciary, as Chairman of the Southern District of Florida Judicial Evaluation Committee, served as a member of the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission and the Florida State University Law School Board of Visitors. In addition to extensive involvement in the firm's commercial practice, Bob handles the firm's white-collar criminal defense work--an outgrowth of his background as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, as Special Counsel to the Dade County Grand Jury, and as a member of numerous commissions and task forces in the area of criminal law, including the U.S. Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules and Chairmanship of the Florida Bar's Criminal Law Certification Committee. He served as General Counsel to Governor Robert Graham in 1980. Bob has lectured extensively throughout the United States on substantive issues, ethics, professionalism and civility. His 1994 article on civility has been reprinted in more than 20 legal journals and periodicals. Bob is extensively involved in community activities, with particular emphasis upon the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse by young people.

DATE TITLE
2008

The Best Lawyers in America, 2008

2007
2007 Three of Our Partners are voted Florida's
Legal Elite - 2007
2007

"Top Lawyers in South Florida", South Florida Legal Guide, 2007, 2006

2007 The Best Lawyers in America, 2007
2006 Five of Our Partners are voted Florida's
Legal Elite - 2006


2005-2006

The Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2006

March 2005

US Litigation Lawyers, Legal Media Group

 

2005 "Top Lawyers in South Florida", South Florida Legal Guide, 2005 Annual

2004

"America's Leading Business Lawyers 2004", Chambers & Partner

 

July 2004

"Florida's Legal Elite by Practice Area", Florida Trend Magazine

 

November 12, 1998

"Law firm's status grows, from Eastern Airlines crash to Swissair disaster", The Miami Herald

 

February 9, 1998 "Miami's Podhurst Orseck Flies High", The National Law Journal