Practice Areas

• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Labor and Employment
• Insurance Coverage
• Estate Litigation
• Products Liability 
• Personal Injury Defense 
• Alternative Dispute Resolution

Bob regularly counsels clients in resolving business disputes. He is an active trial attorney who has tried cases to verdict in six different jurisdictions. He regularly presents matters before alternative dispute resolution panels and has lectured extensively on alternative dispute resolution practice and procedure. Bob has appeared before the United States Court of Appeals in both the Third and Sixth Circuits.

Prior to joining MacElree Harvey, Bob was a partner at Blank Rome, a large law firm in Philadelphia, where he worked for fourteen years. Before that, he was associated with a large firm in Northern New Jersey for five years. Following law school, Bob clerked for a Federal District Court Judge in the District of New Jersey. 

Recent Representations

• Represented estate of a minor killed in a fire. Successfully obtained $13.5 million verdict following a three-week jury trial.
• Representation of foreign government regarding protection of assets in United States and over 30 foreign jurisdictions.
• Successful resolution of international dispute relating to distribution of life insurance proceeds in excess of $10 million.
• Obtained injunctive relief against distributor of international clothing line to preclude the transfer of assets out of the United States.
• Representation of major technology firm in the resolution of contentious shareholder litigation.
• Representation of numerous clients in federal lawsuits relating to protection of Intellectual Property rights including, but not limited to, trademark, copyright and trade disparagement claims.
• Representation of developer in action to compel government agencies to permit development of 300-acre tract of land.

Memberships 

• Chester County Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Philadelphia Bar Association

Community Involvement

• Bow Tree Civic Association, President, Board of Directors 
• Race Director for a community 10K and 5K road race to raise funds for police and fire departments

Speaking Engagements

• Benefits and Pitfalls of Arbitration
 - January 2009

• Medicare Secondary Reporting and DPW Liens
 - May 2010
• Preparing Written Discovery Responses and Objections
 - April 2010
• Deposition Practice and Procedure
 - July 2009
• Conducting Discovery in Foreign Countries
 - January 2008
• Good Deals Gone Bad - A Litigator's Hindsight is Always 20/20
 - December 2007