Robert is a member of the firm's Litigation section, providing representation in complex and high stakes civil litigation. He has been recognized as a 2010 Rising Star by Texas Super Lawyers and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Texas Young Lawyers Association and the Texas Association of Defense Counsel. 

His areas of emphasis include commercial litigation, construction disputes, personal injury, professional liability litigation, landlord-tenant disputes, property taxes and premises liability.

He joined Mills Shirley in 2003 after graduating from the University of Texas School of Law where Robert was Chair of the Texas Union Board of Directors and an editor for the Texas Review of Law & Politics. 

Representative Experience:

1. Representing companies in breach of contract actions.
2. Representing architects and engineers in defending claims relating to professional liability.
3. Representing partners in partnership disputes.
4. Defending companies from personal injury actions arising out of alleged toxic exposure.
5. Representing owners of apartment complexes on a variety of issues including: landlord-tenant disputes, premises liability, property taxes and employment law, .
6. Representing small business owners by preparing separation agreements, covenants not to compete, and employment handbook policies, and by defending misappropriation of trade secrets and wrongful termination
7. Representing businesses in debt collection litigation.
8. Defending electric providers in consumer rights actions and contract disputes.
9. Defending insurers against claims of bad faith insurance settlement practices.
10. Representing property owners in boundary disputes.