Author of the “Litigating Bus Crash Cases” chapter of the West Publishing treatise
Litigating Truck Accident Cases, Robert is also the Past Chair of the AAJ Trucking Litigation
Group, Past Founding Chair of the AAJ Bus Litigation Group, Past Chair of the AAJ Motor
Vehicle Collision, Highways and Premises Liability Section and served as 2021 Chair of the
Board of Regents of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Robert serves as a Member of the Board of Regents of the Academy of Truck Accident
Attorneys and is Secretary of the AAJ TBI Litigation Group.

A prosecutor and litigator for many years, Robert has tried truck and bus cases for
over four decades from coast to coast, served as plaintiffs’ class counsel in multiple death
bus/truck crash cases, and served as court-appointed plaintiffs’ class counsel with Irving
Younger in the first mass tort, wrongful death class action in the US — the Kansas City
Hyatt Skywalk Disaster — representing 113 wrongful death cases and hundreds of injury
cases.

Robert maintains an active trial docket in Texas, New Mexico, Ohio and California in
state and federal courts. He has tried cases in several states.
Having served for several years on the Texas State Bar Disciplinary Committee,
Robert served as Chair of that committee and serves as an expert witness on lawyer ethics
and attorney fees. He also served as the State Bar of Texas Trial Rules Sub-Committee
Chair.

A Diplomate and past member of the Board of Trustees of the National College of
Advocacy, Robert created and served as course advisor of the AAJ Trucking Litigation Skills
College, and he has served as Course Advisor for the AAJ Jazz Fest Seminar and various
seminars for AAJ, the State Bar of Texas, and the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
Robert lectures and teaches regularly about traumatic brain damage and trucking cases
around the country