Prior to joining the firm, Robert served for a year as a law clerk for Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen M. Doyle in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Robert received his B.A. in history & earth science with a minor in philosophy from Northwestern University and received History Department Honors for his senior thesis. He received his J.D. from Boston College Law School, where he graduated cum laude. During law school, Robert interned for the Massachusetts Securities Division and spent a semester with the Middlesex D.A.’s Office as a student prosecutor with the Boston College Law School Prosecution Clinic. Robert also served as an Executive Comment Editor on the Boston College Law Review.