Robert grew up in rural Montana. His first job, at age 13, was moving irrigation pipe. Later, he graduated to washing dishes and loading delivery trucks as he worked his way through high school and college. He takes great pride in representing his fellow Montanans and their businesses.
Rob earned his J.D. with honors from the University of Montana School of Law in Missoula in 1993, where he received the American Jurisprudence Award for Real Property and the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Award for Excellence in Advocacy while competing on the National Moot Court team and serving as head intern for the Missoula County Attorney's Office.
Over 30+ years of practice, Rob has represented clients throughout Montana in complex construction, aviation, real estate, insurance, serious injury, and institutional abuse cases, devoting 80% of his practice to litigation. He is admitted to practice before Montana State and Federal District Courts (1993), the Montana State Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana (1993), Tribal Courts of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. As an instrument-rated private pilot, he has handled aircraft crash cases in Montana and Idaho and represented airmen before the National Transportation Safety Board.
Rob is deeply community-involved, having served on boards for Missoula Catholic Schools' Foundation, St. Patrick Hospital Foundation, and the University of Montana Alumni Association. His peers have recognized him with an "AV Preeminent" Martindale-Hubbell rating from both colleagues and judges, inclusion in the 23rd edition of "The Best Lawyers in America" for Corporate Law, and in 2019, invitation to the National Association of Distinguished Counsel as part of the "Nation's Top One Percent."
