Partner - Santa Monica, California

Robert is a partner at Robins Cloud who over the course of nearly three decades has helped individuals, families and businesses with a wide variety of litigation. One of his practice areas includes representing those who were harmed as a result of fires throughout California. Specifically, since 2002, Robert has helped fire victims, including individuals, homeowners and businesses in Southern and Northern California recover compensation against their insurance companies for bad faith as well as against utility companies for causing the fires. Robert's practice also focuses upon catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, business litigation, construction defect, professional liability and public entity liability. Throughout his career, Robert has had the privilege to achieve 7-8 figure jury verdicts on behalf of catastrophically injured victims, wronged homeowners against professionals for defective construction, consumers against banks for fraudulent lending practices, and small business owners against manufacturers for deceptive practices. Prior to joining Robins Cloud, Robert was a partner at Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack.

Areas of Practice:

• Fire Related Litigation
• Catastrophic Injuries and Wrongful Death
• Complex Business Litigation
• Construction Defect
• Inverse Condemnation
• Professional Liability
• Public Entity Liability

Bar Admissions:

• California, 1991
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana

Education:

• University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California, 1991, J.D.
• University California, San Diego, California, 1988, B.A., Double Major in Political Science and Sociology, Honors

Published Works:

• Abandonment Issues: What to Do When an Insurance Carrier Denies Coverage and Refuses to Defend. - Pincus Professional Education, 2015

Honors and Awards:

• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers
• 10 Best Attorneys – Southern California Personal Injury
• Multi-Million Dollar Advocate
• Million Dollar Advocate
• Best Attorneys of America
• Avvo Superb Lawyer

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• California State Bar Association, Member
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Sustaining Member
• Consumer Attorneys of California, Member
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member
• Multi-Millionaire Dollar Advocates, Lifetime Member
• Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, Member