EXPERIENCE:

A former employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Special Agent with the State of Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (DABT), Rob has experience with the processes and methods by which government regulators investigate and apprehend alcohol and beverage and tobacco law violators.

Rob is the firm's Executive Shareholder for Southeast Florida and founding member of GrayRobinson's Alcohol Beverage Team. He concentrates his practice on the laws governing alcohol, tobacco and other regulated products. Rob's experience includes liquor licensing, business permitting, alcohol beverage regulations, administrative litigation, land use and zoning regulations, state and local government, commercial leasing and alcohol business analysis. He works with domestic and foreign suppliers, importers, wholesalers, real estate developers, and a broad range of retailers throughout the country, including nightclubs, private clubs and first amendment entertainment issues, national retail chains, bars, national hotel chains, restaurateurs, sports arenas, entertainment complexes and establishments, and other members of the hospitality industry.

BACKGROUND:

Rob received his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was a Dean's Merit Scholar, an elected member of the Order of the Coif, and a member of the University of Miami Sports and Entertainment Law Review.

EDUCATION:

• University of Miami, J.D. (magna cum laude, 1997)
  • Order of the Coif
  • Phi Delta Phi
  • Member, University of Miami Sports and Entertainment Law Review

PROFESSIONAL:

• The Florida Bar
  • City, County and Local Government Law Section
  • Administrative Law Section
• American Bar Association
  • Administrative Law Section
  • Committee on Alcohol Beverage Practice
• St. Thomas University School of Law, Adjunct Professor
  • Selected to teach the 2005 inaugural class of Alcohol Beverage Law
• First Amendment Lawyers Association (FALA), Member
• Selected as a Top "Up and Comer" by South Florida Legal Guide, 2007-2010

BAR ADMISSIONS:

• State of Florida

PRESENTATIONS:

• Speaker at national and regional conferences throughout the country on the topics of alcohol beverage law, business strategies, and alcohol related liability.
• Speaker, 17th Annual Legal Symposium, National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA), March 2010