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Previously, Robert worked as a judicial clerk for the Honorable James I. Cohn in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. While in law school, he served as the editor-in-chief of the Florida Law Review. Prior to law school, Robert worked as a regional coordinator for the Peace Corps in the Republic of Panama.

Robert maintains an active pro bono practice. In 2016, the Florida Supreme Court quoted from and followed the recommendations in a law review article that Robert co-authored concerning the unconstitutionality of Florida’s death penalty statute.

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• Defeated a class certification of putative class of healthcare providers that alleged a health maintenance organization (HMO) and a health insurer violated Florida’s prompt pay statutes; then prevailed against named plaintiff on summary judgment
• Conducted an internal investigation into a multi-state kickback scheme on behalf of a freight broker; reported findings to executive management and, ultimately, law enforcement
• Obtained a complete dismissal of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) claims against a health insurer by providers of manipulations under anesthesia, and successfully defended against the appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Defeated a class certification of putative class of chiropractors who alleged that a health insurer violated a Florida statute prohibiting insurance plan discrimination
• Obtained a complete victory in a breach of contract action by a home healthcare management company against a provider of home healthcare services
• Obtained a complete dismissal of tortious interference, unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secret claims asserted by a healthcare provider against a managed care organization
• Obtained dismissal of a complaint in federal court alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Florida’s whistle blower statute, and successfully defended the dismissal on appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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