RICHARD T. ROBOL

 (614) 737-3739

rrobol@robollaw.com

Practice areas

Business & Commercial Litigation and Negotiation; Corporate Leadership and Strategy; Insurance Defense and Coverage; Personal Injury; Maritime and International Law

Practice Description

Mr. Robol has over 30 years experience in the law, and has devoted particular attention to business and commercial litigation, insurance defense and coverage, personal injury, maritime and international law, and corporate leadership and strategy. He has substantial experience solving complex, difficult legal issues and has achieved numerous successful jury and non-jury trials in diverse types of litigation (such as antitrust, admiralty, class action suits, international contract disputes, and insurance defense). For example, his role in litigation to obtain what may be the largest salvage judgment in U.S. history is described in the New York Times Best Seller Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea.  Prior to entering private practice, he served as a law clerk for a federal district judge. Rick has an “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell.  His biography appears in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and various other notable publications.

Education

Mr.  Robol received his law degree in 1978 from the Harvard Law School.  He served on the Board of Student Advisors, worked as Managing Editor of the International Law Journal, and won the Jessup Moot Court Competition.  Prior to that time, he served as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Pavia, Italy and the University of Paris, France.  He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, concentrating on economics and government, and graduating first in his class.

Bar Admissions and Activities

Mr. Robol is a member of the Ohio and Virginia State Bars.  He is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, and U.S. District Courts in numerous districts in the country.  His bar activities include membership in the Maritime Law Association (Proctor), the Ohio State Bar Association and the Columbus Bar Association.

Community Leadership and Public Service

Mr. Robol’s public service has included work as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve and the U.S. Joint Forces Command, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Dayton School of Law and at Capital University; service on the Columbus Bar Martin Luther King Committee; service as Pro Bono Counsel and a Board member for the Philippe Cousteau Society; Pro Bono Counsel for Parents United Against Child Abuse; and service as Pro Bono Counsel, Worthington Presbyterian Church.