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ROBERT P. LANDAU 1.401.521.7000 x2318




Robert P. Landau is an experienced trial lawyer who joined the firm as an associate in 1983 directly from law school and has been a shareholder since 1988. Mr. Landau concentrates his practice in the area of civil litigation in state and federal courts in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts. His practice focuses primarily on commercial and insurance defense litigation, including medical malpractice, products liability, construction, contract, trade secret, environmental and employment litigation. Mr. Landau has been involved with numerous jury trials, arbitrations, mediations and appellate matters. He has represented individuals and local and national business entities, including banks, private corporations, public corporations, including the Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corporation, partnerships and non-profit corporations.

Mr. Landau has represented numerous hospitals and physicians, nurses, dentists, social workers and other health care providers in both medical malpractice litigation and in administrative matters before the Board Of Medical Licensure and Discipline, the Board of Nursing and the Board of Social Work. He also has experience in transactional matters.

Mr. Landau is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association, where he has served on the District Court and Superior Court Bench/Bar Committees and the Massachusetts Bar Association and its Litigation Section. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and its Litigation Section, the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association and the Defense Research Institute.

Mr. Landau has been active in a wide variety of community volunteer activities since 1983. He has been the President of Temple Emanu-El since 2004 where he previously served as a Treasurer and Vice-President for nine years and has chaired several committees. He served as the President of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Rhode Island from 1997 to 2000 and also chaired numerous committees there. He is a Vice-President and serves on the Executive Committees of the Jewish Seniors Agency, Shalom Housing, Inc., an affordable housing facility in Warwick, and Tamarisk, Inc., an assisted living residence in Warwick. He previously served many years on the Board of Directors for the Alperin Schechter Day School and Jewish Federation of Rhode Island. He is the 1996 recipient of the Merrill L. Hassenfeld Leadership in Community Service Award. He has been active with the Duke University Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee since 1984.

Mr. Landau received his Bachelor's Degree magna cum laude from Duke University in 1979 where he graduated with distinction and is a 1983 cum laude graduate of Boston University School of Law.