Bob’s practice centers on commercial and residential real estate transactions, zoning and land use planning as well as real estate, land use and commercially oriented litigation.  His practice involves appearances before various governmental commissions and agencies and the State Courts.

Bob received a BA Degree with honors from Yale University in 1954.  After service as an Army Artillery Lieutenant, he received an LLB Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1959 (retroactively converted to a JD some years later).  He is admitted to practice before the Connecticut State Courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.  He served as an instructor in Real Estate and Probate Law and Probate Administration at the Connecticut Center for Continuing Education at Fairfield University from 1975 to 1978.  During the 1960’s when he practiced in Norwalk, Connecticut, he held various governmental positions, including memberships on the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency and the Norwalk Equal Opportunity Board.   He also served as a Special Corporation Counsel and then Corporation Counsel.  Bob was also a member of the Advisory Council and Community Affairs for the State of Connecticut from 1974 to 1978.  He held various offices on the Westport Bar Association, becoming President for the 1983-1984 term.  From 1978 through 2005 Bob was a member of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association Planning & Zoning Section.  From 1989 to 1999 he served on the Federal Grievance Committee for the US District Court of the District of Connecticut.