Robert A. Curtis is the current managing partner of the Santa-Barbara based law firm of Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis, LLP. Robert has been with the firm for 23 years and practices in the areas of complex business litigation, mass torts, lender liability, class actions, and real estate litigation. He has litigated cases which have resulted in over $1.15 Billion in settlements and verdicts against some of the biggest companies in the country. In 2011, Robert was awarded the rating of “AV – Preeminent” from Martindale-Hubble. The “AV – Preeminent” rating is a nationally-recognized acknowledgment of Robert’s accomplishments and skills as an attorney and is the highest rating offered by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Robert has also been recognized as a “Rising Star” in the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 editions of the Super Lawyers publication. Only approximately 2.5 percent of the best up-and-coming attorneys in Southern California are selected for inclusion on the “Rising Stars” list.In 2014, Robert was lead trial counsel for the plaintiff and obtained a $38.9 million jury verdict in a 7-week lender liability trial in Los Angeles Superior Court against East West Bank. That verdict was the 12th largest verdict in California and the 54th largest verdict in the entire United States for 2014. In 2016, Robert, as lead or co-lead counsel, settled cases totaling $91.2 million to the firm’s clients.In 2018, Robert was appointed by the Superior Court in Los Angeles to the leadership team for the litigation against Southern California Edison over the cause of the Thomas Fire and the Montecito mudslide. In 2019, Robert settled a 5-year long real estate partnership dispute for $109,000,000. Also in 2019, Robert was appointed by the Superior Court in Los Angeles to the leadership team for the litigation involving another utility-started fire, the Woolsey Fire. The firm represents over 1500 plaintiffs whose homes have been damaged or destroyed in the Thomas Fire, Montecito Mudslide and the Woolsey Fire.In each of the last five years, Robert was designated as a Super Lawyer. The annual Super Lawyers list, published by Thomson Reuters, is a comprehensive and diverse guide to outstanding attorneys from a wide range of practice areas, firm sizes, and geographic regions. In 2021, Robert was selected as an “Elite Trial Lawyer Finalist” by the National Law Journal. Robert is admitted to the State Bar of California and is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of California.