Overview
Robert is a partner in the Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP’s St. Louis office. He is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Missouri; the Federal District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri and the Southern District of Illinois; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Robert has extensive experience representing companies and individuals in a variety of matters. Robert has defended clients in toxic tort, product liability, premises liability and workers compensation in both Missouri and Illinois. Robert combines his in-depth knowledge of multiple jurisdictions with effective defense strategies in order to provide his clients with exceptional representation. Additionally, Robert is a court-approved mediator in the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit for the City of St. Louis.
- Missouri Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
- 2015 John L. Oliver, Jr. Trial Academy, Graduate
- The Best Lawyers in America®
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, (2024, 2026)
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, (2026)
- “Recent Personal Jurisdiction Decision in St. Louis City, Missouri Limits the Use of a Registered Agent to Establish Personal Jurisdiction,” Trial Tested Blog, November 10, 2016
- “Will Cancers From “Vaping” Be the Next Toxic Tort?,” Trial Tested Blog, August 26, 2016
- “Genetic Mutation Defense in Asbestos Cases,” Trial Tested Blog, March 7, 2016
- “Illinois Supreme Court Upholds the Exclusive Remedy Provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act and the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act in Asbestos Related Diseases,” Trial Tested Blog, November 7, 2015
- “Personal Jurisdiction Considerations in Missouri & Illinois after Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746 (2014),” Trial Tested Blog, September 1, 2015
- “Updates To Illinois Personal Jurisdiction Law After In re Plavix Related Cases and its Applicability to Illinois Asbestos Cases,” Trial Tested Blog, September 28, 2014
- “New Amendments to the Missouri Workers’ Compensation Act Impact Asbestos Litigation,” Trial Tested Blog, April 7, 2014
- Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (U.S.),” The Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health, New York: Springer, 2012
- “Medicaid,” Mental Health Practitioner’s Guide to HIV/AIDS, New York: Springer, 2013
- “Medicare,” Mental Health Practitioner’s Guide to HIV/AIDS, New York: Springer, 2013
- “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,” Mental Health Practitioner’s Guide to HIV/AIDS, New York: Springer, 2013
- “European Union,” The Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health, New York: Springer
- “Red Cross,” The Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health, New York: Springer, 2012
- “Travel and Travel Health,” The Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health, New York: Springer, 2012
