Attorneys

Robert W. Pass

Shareholder
Tallahassee

ph : 850.513.3608
fax : 850.222.0398

Practice Experience

Bob Pass is a member of the Firm's Business Litigation Practice Group. His 34 years of practice span a broad array of complex litigation in the state and federal courts, including:

commercial arbitrations,
class action litigation,
constitutional challenges to state statutes,
public utility law,
insurance regulation litigation,
banking regulation litigation,
accountant and attorney malpractice,
telecommunications law,
unfair and deceptive trade practices,
large industrial contract disputes under the Uniform Commercial Code,
representing corporations undergoing civil investigations by state agencies,
counseling clients in developing organizational policies, procedures, and systems to effectively and efficiently participate in discovery involving Electronically Stored Information (“ESI”), as well as representing clients on ESI discovery matters in litigation.

He has also tried lengthy commercial arbitrations and some of the more complex proceedings brought in a Florida administrative forum. Mr. Pass has also counseled clients in matters of dispute avoidance, pre-litigation planning and strategic decision making in circumstances implicating potential litigation risk.
Mr. Pass heads the Firm's Task Force on Electronic Discovery, is a member of The Sedona Conference Working Group On Electronic Document Retention and Production, and has spoken and published in the area of Electronic Discovery.

Professional and Civic Activities

The Florida Bar
Business Litigation and Local Government Law Sections
American Bar Association
Section of Litigation
The American Law Institute
Florida Bar Foundation
American Bar Foundation
The University of South Florida President's Council
Greater Tampa Bay Phi Beta Kappa Society
Guardian Ad Litem, Second Judicial Circuit
Member, The Sedona Conference® (a not for profit national organization of litigation counsel and corporate counsel seeking to establish "best practices" for computerized litigation and electronic discovery)

Professional Recognition

AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Phi Beta Kappa
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America
Listed in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers (Insurance)
Selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers

BAR ADMISSIONS

COURT ADMISSIONS

Education

Florida State University (J.D., with high honors, 1974)
Editor, The Florida State University Law Review
Florida State University (B.A., Government and Economics, 1971)

Practices