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Practices

Biography

Robert’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and general transactional services, advising business owners, directors, and officers on the legal aspects of a variety of operational and governance issues. Robert provides a broad range of transactional services, including entity planning and formation, private equity fund formation, fundraising and exit transactions, commercial contract review, and otherwise serving as outside general counsel to privately held companies. Robert also focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, development, leasing, and sales.

Robert graduated summa cum laude from the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law. During his time in law school, he received CALI Awards, an award given to the highest grade in a class, for five classes and graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif. Robert also served as a staff editor on the Kentucky Law Journal.

Prior to law school, Robert earned bachelor’s degrees in Accounting and Economics from the University of Kentucky.

Other Info About Robert

Experience

Legal Work Highlights

  • Company counsel in the sale and purchase of various privately-owned entities for purchase prices ranging up to $70 million.
  • Fund managers’ counsel in formation of various private equity funds with aggregate commitments up to $80 million.
  • General counsel services to privately owned entities, including entity formations, commercial contract reviews, revisions to governing documents, equity issuances, and financings.
  • Counsel to investment firms and other commercial enterprises in acquisition of commercial real estate properties.
  • Counsel to healthcare providers and other commercial enterprises in drafting and negotiation of commercial lease agreements.

Education

Law School

University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude

Undergraduate School

University of Kentucky, B.S. of Accounting and Economics, summa cum laude

Bar Memberships

Robert is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

Ohio

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Robert is a Member of the Ohio Bar Association, Cincinnati Bar Association, and Northern Kentucky Bar Association.

Major Publications

Robert is an author or contributor to the following publications:

“Restrictive Covenant Protections Face New Legal Challenges,” Northern Kentucky Bar Association Lex Loci Journal, November, 2023
“The USMCA: An Ideal ‘New NAFTA?” Kentucky Law Journal Online, April 2021