Bob received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina in 1964. He graduated from Emory Law School in 1967. In 1968, Bob was a Reginald Heber Smith fellow at the University of Michigan Law School. Bob has worked for the Legal Aid Society in Atlanta as well as Cincinnati. He has been in private practice since 1982. He is a member of the Georgia, Ohio and Kentucky bars. Bob has been admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth and Sixth Circuits, the Supreme Court of Ohio, and the United States Supreme Court.

Areas of Practice

• General Litigation
• Products Liability
• Personal Injury
• Civil Rights
• Medical Malpractice
• Consumer Law
• Criminal

Litigation Percentage

• 75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Georgia, 1967
• Ohio, 1972
• Kentucky, 1992
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1967
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1981

Education

• Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967
  J.D.
  Honors: Recipient, AmJur Awards for Corporate Taxation and Real Property
  Honors: President, Law School Civil Rights Research Council
  
  
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1964
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science
  
  

Representative Cases

• Crow v. Brown, 332 F. Supp. 382 (N.D. Ga. 1971)
• Crow v. Brown, aff'd 457 F.2d 788 (5th Cir. 1972)
• Sanks v. Sanks, 225 Ga. 88,166 S.E.2d 19 (Sp. Ct. Ga 1969)
• Roe v.Ferguson, 389 F. Supp. 387 (S.D. Ohio 1974)
• Roe v.Ferguson, rev'd 515 F.2d 279 (6lh Cir. 1975)
• Fricker v. Stokes, 1985 W.L. 6808 (Ohio App. Is' Dist 1985)
• Fricker v. Stokes, 22 Ohio St.3d 202 ( )
• Moorer v. Griffin, 586 F.2d 844 (6* Cir. 1978)
• Fletcher v. Wood, 841 F.2d 1126 ( 1988)
• Bishop v. Reagan-Bush 84 Committee, 819 F.2d 289 (6th Cir. 1987)
• Bishop v. Reagan-Bush 84 Committee, 1987 W.L. 35970 ( )
• HOME v. Cincinnati Enquirer, 731 F. Supp. 821 (S.D. Ohio 1990)
• HOME v. Cincinnati Enquirer, aff'd 943 F.2d 644 (6th Cir. 1991)
• Cosgrove v. Williamsburg Management, 70 Ohio St.3d 281 (638 N.E.2d 991 1994)
• Leichtman v. WLW, 92 Ohio App.3d 232 ( )
• In Re: Copley Pharmaceuticals, M.D.L. No. 1013, 158 F.R.D. (U.S.D.C. Wyoming 1994)
• SEIU District 925 v. State Employment Relations Board (SERB1, 81 Ohio St.3d 173 (689 N.E.2d 962 1998)
• In Re: Cincinnati Radiation Litigation, 874 F. Supp. 796 (S.D. Ohio 1995)
• Blair v. Property Management Consultants, 40 Ohio App.3d 103 ( )
• United Food & Commercial Workers Union. Local 1099 v. Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, 163 F.3d 341 (6th Cir. 1998)
• Allen v. Leis, 154 F.Supp.2d 1240 ( )
• Allen v. Leis, 204 F.R.D. 401 ( )
• Allen v. Leis, 213 F.Supp.2d 819 (S.D. Ohio 2001)
• Lynch v. Leis, No. 00-274 (S.D. Ohio )
• Gamble v. Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services et al., No. 03-452 (S.D. Ohio )
• Powers v. Hamilton County Public Defender Office, 2005 W.L. 2033696 (S.D. Ohio )
• Avery v. Jennings, 604 F. Supp. 1356 (S.D. Ohio 1984)
• Avery v. Jennings, aff'd 786 F.2d 233 (6th Cir. 1986)
• Cash v. Hamilton County Department of Adult Probation, 399 F.3d 539 (6th Cir. 2004)

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Instructor, Social Welfare Policy and the Law, Atlanta University, Graduate School, 1967
• Trial Counsel and Student Instructor, Emory Community Legal Services Center, 1968 - 1971
• Lecturer, American Legal History, Honors Program at Northern Kentucky University

Honors and Awards

• Highest Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
• Courageous Advocate Award, Inns of Court of the Southern District of Ohio, 2004
• Best Lawyers of America, 1993 - Present
• One of the Best Lawyers in Cincinnati, Cincinnati Magazine
• Reginald Heber Smith Fellow, University of Michigan Law School, 1968

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Legal Redress Committee of the N.A.A.C.P., Cincinnati Branch, 1980 - 1982
  Board Member and Chairman
  
  
• American Civil Liberties Union, Cincinnati Chapter, 1979 - 1981
  Board Member
  
  
• Mental Health Association of Cincinnati, 1984 - 1985
  Board Member
  
  
• Equal Employment Review Board, City of Cincinnati, 1988 - 1989
  
  
• Hamilton County Democratic Party, 1991 - 1993
  Chairman, Judicial Selection Committee
  
  
• John P. Parker Historical Society, 1996 - 1999
  Board Member
  
  
• Elmwood Place, Ohio, 1993 - 1997
  Village Solicitor
  
  
• Elmwood Place, Ohio, 2005 - Present
  Village Solicitor
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Summerhill, Managing Attorney, 1967 - 1968
• Atlanta Legal Aid Society, 1971 - 1972
• Attorney General of the State of Ohio, Assistant Attorney General, Environmental Law Section, 1972 - 1973
• Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati, Director of Litigation, 1974 - 1982
• Kircher & Phalen, General Litigation Practice, Partner, 1982 - 1991
• Kircher, Robinson, Cook, Newman & Welch, General Litigation Practice, Partner, 1991 - 1995
• Kircher, Robinson, Newman & Welch, General Litigation Practice, Partner, 1995 - 1997

Pro Bono Activities

• Volunteer, Tenant Grievance Arbitration Panel, Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, 1988 - 1993
• Board Member, Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless, 2005 - 2007

Birth Information

• 1941, Los Angeles, California