Robert is a 1993 graduate of Auburn University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He received his law degree in 1996 from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, serving as both Student Materials Editor for the American Journal of Trial Advocacy and Teaching Fellow for the Legal Research and Writing Program. Robert received an LLM in Taxation from the University of Alabama School of Law, graduating with High Honors. He clerked for Justice Reneau Almon of the Alabama Supreme Court before joining the Firm in 1997.
Robert's practice focuses primarily in the areas of trusts and estates, business succession planning, business transactions, tax planning and probate. He is currently a Vice-Chair for the Closely Held Business subcommittee of the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association, and has been a speaker or panel participant both locally and nationally on a variety of tax and business planning topics. Robert is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Mobile and is a current member and past vice chair of the Probate Section of the Mobile Bar Association. Robert is also a member of Class 6 of the Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum (2009) and was recognized as a "Rising Star" by Alabama Super Lawyers in 2011.
Robert is licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in Mississippi and Alabama, as well as the Fifth and Eleventh U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Bar Associations
Alabama State Bar.
Mississippi Bar Association.
American Bar Association.