Bob balances the practice of law with his other love, teaching trial advocacy. In 1973, he attended the second session of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), and has been teaching trial advocacy throughout the United States and abroad ever since. He has served as an adjunct professor of trial advocacy and/or lecturer at Franklin Pierce Law Center, Hofstra University, Harvard University, Widener University, Cardozo Law School, and Emory Law School. He served, and continues to serve, as a faculty member and team leader for NITA programs in New York, North Carolina, Colorado, California, Indiana, New Jersey, and New England, as well as having served as the original program director of the New England NITA Regional. Bob regularly leads seminars on achieving the rank of solicitor advocates for private law firms and law societies in Ireland and England.

Bob graduated magna cum laude from Washington and Jefferson College in 1968 with a B.A. in English and minors in Philosophy and History. At Washington and Jefferson, Bob was president of the student body. He won the John Livingston Lowes Award in English, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was also elected to the history, philosophy, and journalism honorary societies. In 1971, after receiving his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, Bob joined the Philadelphia public defender’s office where he served at the trial, appellate and federal divisions. In 1975, he moved to New Hampshire and became the Merrimack County Public Defender before entering private practice in 1978.

When not trying cases, Bob remains active in the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, on whose Board he has been a member since 1975. He was also on the Board of the International Society of Barristers Foundation, and served as its president. Bob is an active tennis player whose motto is “age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill.