Bob was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and received his B.A. degree from Dartmouth College in 1959. He graduated from the Yale Law School in 1962, and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1962.
Here's some more of his bio, which does not do justice to the impact he had on this community:
Bob is one of Dade County′s premiere trial lawyers. He has been listed annually since 1987 in the Best Lawyers in America in two categories–Business Litigation and Criminal Law since 2003 and from 2003 he has been listed in Chambers and Partners as one of the top four commercial litigators in Florida. In 2006 he was listed #1 trial lawyer in Florida by Super Lawyers. He has received the Dade County Bar David Dyer Professionalism Award, the Bnai Brith Professionalism Award, the Florida Defense Lawyers Rodney Thaxton “Against All Odds”award, the American Bar Association Senior Section Pro Bono Award , the Florida Bar Tobias Simon Pro Bono Service Award in (2009-2010) and the Florida Bar Foundation’s Medal of Honor Award in 2013.
In 2012, he was awarded the Florida Bar Criminal Law Section’s Selig I. Goldin Memorial Award, the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Theodore “Ted” Klein Special Recognition Award, named as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers organization, inducted to the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame and named a Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year finalist for outstanding contributions to the public interest through his work in the Checking Account Overdraft Class Action litigation.
Bob was a gentle giant. He will be missed.
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Bobby was a legend, a gentleman, and a giant. Our entire community was better off for having him among us.
Another good guy gone. But died telling a story during a deposition at a law firm. Long, stellar life , great -grandfather, mentor to many, spoke at my County Court investiture in 1986, took care of his old boss and my boss Bill Meadows in my first job out of law school, superb trial lawyer. I will miss him. My sympathy to Marlene and his large family and his law partners. May his memory be a blessing. FAM
I had the great privilege to successfully handle a DUI Manslaughter case with Bob many years ago. His mind was brilliant and his manner thoughtful and gentlemanly. It was such a pleasure to work with him, and I thoroughly enjoyed when we would talk over the years. He was truly one of the giants of criminal defense, and he will be missed greatly by his family and his family of criminal defense lawyers in Miami. RIP, Bob. You one one of a kind.
Sad that another legend is gone.
Such a good man. If you knew him, you loved him.
It was in the mid 1980s and I was involved representing an employee of a major corporation in the Keys who had been criminally charged with Clean Water Act violations along with other officers and the corporation. Our defense team was doing well with all types of pre trial motions with Judge Aronovitz, but not really overwhelming , until we had the corporation hire Bob to represent the corporate entity. At Bobs first appearance in court with us the character and demeanor of the court and courtroom changed. During days of boring expert testimony on both sides, Bob would be passing post it notes to the defense team of lawyers, giving you a thumbs up for a good line of questioning, making a critical point, and even odds on how the judge would rule on objections! Some notes were very funny and it was hard to not laugh and one time the judge caught me laughing and asked me what was so funny! I could not give Bob up so I gave some nonsense answer and was admonished , Bob just smiled at me! We won several of those motions and the felony charges were all reduced to misdemeanors low fines and no jail time! No doubt in my mind Bobs presence helped us get that result. He was a giant in the Miami law field and a great person.
Sad news. So grateful to have known him and to have enjoyed his wonderful sense of humor.
Sad news. So fortunate to have known him and enjoyed his wonderful sense of humor.
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