Robert L. Wise

Rob Wise focuses his practice on appeals and advanced trial motions support, intellectual property litigation, and products liability defense. His work also includes commercial, financial, and dealer and franchise litigation.

Rob's focus on appellate work began when he interned for Justice Elizabeth B. Lacy of the Supreme Court of Virginia. He went on to win a national moot court competition, also taking home the award for the Best Petitioner's Brief. In practice, he has handled appeals before all levels of appellate courts in Virginia in both civil and administrative proceedings. He also works closely with businesses to develop global strategies on difficult issues that can raise broader, company-wide concerns.

Rob's intellectual property practice involves mainly patent and trademark infringement litigation, which has taken him all over the United States and beyond. His products liability practice focuses primarily on representing manufacturers and businesses in catastrophic personal-injury matters nationwide.

Rob is very active in several legal and professional organizations, including the Defense Research Institute ("DRI") and the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys ("VADA"). As the former Webcast Chair for DRI's Appellate Advocacy Committee, Rob organized and moderated panel discussions on legal developments, strategies, and issues important to a wide array of practice areas. As that committee's former Diversity Chair and liaison to DRI's Diversity Committee, he has helped to implement DRI's diversity initiatives, including conceiving of and serving as a panelist on the first-ever joint webcast between the Appellate Advocacy and Diversity Committees. He also served on VADA's Long-Range Planning and Annual Meeting Committees, and he is currently serving on its Board of Directors. In addition to speaking before VADA numerous times, Rob has also contributed articles to its publication, The Journal of Civil Litigation, as well as to DRI's various publications.