RC@SommerLawGroup.com

Rob Cowburn is a Senior Associate Attorney admitted to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Rob assists individual clients in a matters of civil and business and serves business clients in matters of entity formation, corporate governance, commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, and succession planning. Rob also assists clients in matters of trust and estate planning and administration.

Rob is a Boston, MA native, originally transplanted to Pittsburgh just before high school. Rob graduated with a B.S. from Point Park University before returning to Boston where he attended Suffolk University Law School, graduating with honors. During law school Rob was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Honors Fraternity and served as a law clerk for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. 

Rob returned to Pittsburgh to begin his legal career as a practicing trial attorney in criminal defense, civil rights, and oil and gas lease disputes. Rob has served as outside general council to corporate clients advising on matters of and litigation of business/corporate matters, as well as appellate practice including complex litigation related to election law statutory reform successfully resolved in the United States Supreme Court.

Practice Areas

• General Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Outside Corporate Counsel
• Trust and Estate Planning and Administration
• Real Estate
• Criminal Defense

Education

• Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, Study of Austrian Economics, 2020
• Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 2016 J.D.
• Point Park University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2011B.S.

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