Robert leverages his wide-ranging environmental background to counsel clients on complex product stewardship matters.
He maintains an active regulatory practice focused on product stewardship issues including product development and premarket approval, chemical and materials restrictions, labeling, and extended producer responsibility. Robert has experience advising clients on compliance, permitting, public commenting, and investigations under major environmental statutes, including the Clean Air Act (CAA); Clean Water Act (CWA); Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); and Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). He has also conducted environmental due diligence in multimillion-dollar and billion-dollar corporate transactions.
Prior to joining B&D, Robert was a Sustainability Consultant with a sustainability consulting group. In this role, he spearheaded research and development on standards for carbon accounting, calculated carbon footprints, advised on carbon reduction strategies, and booked carbon offsets through a SaaS platform. He also previously worked as an Environmental Associate at an international law firm where his practice involved a range of compliance counseling, litigation, and transactional work. Before becoming an attorney, Robert worked as a Forester with the Florida Forest Service.
