A Birmingham native, Bob earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton University before receiving his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1985.
After clerking for Judge Tom Gee at the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Bob launched his litigation career at Johnston, Barton, Proctor & Powell in Birmingham in 1986. After 16 years of litigation and trial experience, Bob was appointed Circuit Judge in Jefferson County, Alabama, in 2002. He continued to serve, having been re-elected several times, until he retired from the bench in January 2023.
Case Experience
Appellate
Banking & Finance
Business Dissolution
Civil Rights
Class Actions
Commercial/Business
Construction
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
Discrimination
Employment
Family Businesses
Health Care
Industrial
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Land Use/Planning
Landlord/Tenant
Legal Malpractice
Lemon Law
Libel & Slander
Local Govt./Municipalities
Media & Communications
Medical Devices
Medical Malpractice
Mortgage Foreclosure
Nursing Homes
Partnerships
Personal Injury
Pharmaceuticals
Premises Liability
Probate
Product Liability
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Railroad & Trucking
Real Estate
Securities
Shareholder Disputes
Technology
Title Disputes
Torts
Trusts / Estates
Wage & Hour/FMLA
Wrongful Death
Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1985
A.B., Political Science and Government, Princeton University, 1982
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