Robert is an experienced litigator who regularly represents institutional and individual clients in connection with complex commercial litigation as well as regulatory and white-collar criminal investigations. In recent years, much of Robert’s practice involves civil disputes that combine complex elements of commercial and criminal law and often concurrent law enforcement investigations or actions. Robert has represented clients that are subject to OFAC and EU Council economics sanctions who are also parties to U.S. litigation in matters where their status is a material aspect of the case. Robert has also represented parties in civil cases while simultaneously representing their interests as witnesses in related regulatory or criminal investigations. Robert has lectured and written on topics relating to hedge fund litigation and expert discovery under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.Robert obtained his law degree from the New York University School of Law with the honors of magna cum laude and Order of the Coif. Robert was selected by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star for litigation in the New York metro area in each of 2014-2016.Prior to joining Ford O’Brien Landy LLP, Robert practiced litigation for more than twelve years at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP.Robert is a native New Yorker. He was raised on 25th Street on the east side of Manhattan and attended Hunter College Elementary and High School. He spent four years at the University of Wisconsin where he obtained a B.A. in political science. After graduation, Robert served in the United States Peace Corps in Kyrgyzstan (a former Soviet republic).Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.