Robert is a real estate litigator with unique experience in multi-million-dollar disputes arising out of purchase and sale transactions, six-figure underground utility claims with loss-of-use components, construction disputes and liens, commercial leasing, collections, and creditors’ rights in their debtors’ bankruptcies. He has represented commercial developers, general contractors and subcontractors, property owners’ associations, real estate professionals such as realtors, architects, and attorneys, and purchasers in commercial real estate transactions both as a litigator and as a closing attorney. Robert also serves on the Cranfill Sumner COVID-19 Response Team, and has a special interest in complex litigation involving novel or complicated issues.
Robert works closely with transaction counsel, in-house counsel, and the client to provide efficient advice and counsel focused on his clients’ ultimate outcomes. He balances zealous advocacy with clear, effective presentation, and when matters turn complex Robert takes pride in close analysis of legal and factual issues. He has counseled clients and litigated cases in North Carolina’s district, superior, and appellate courts, and in North Carolina’s federal district and bankruptcy courts for the Middle and Eastern districts.
Robert formerly practiced in general civil litigation and commercial real estate transactions (both for buyers and sellers) in Greensboro, North Carolina. A Raleigh native, Robert earned undergraduate degrees in philosophy and history at NC State University before earning a master’s in philosophy from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. Robert studied law at the University of North Carolina, where he graduated with honors after serving on the First Amendment Law Review and the Holderness Moot Court’s international law team.
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