Lowe, Robert J.

Bob is the managing director of the firm and enjoys practicing in the areas of commercial, financial institutions, corporate and immigration law. He has also been a consultant to government agencies as well as the third largest government contractor in the world. Bob has represented Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, regional financial institutions and federal agencies in complex litigation.

With over 25 years of experience backing him, Bob has represented clients in trial and appellate courts from New York to Arizona. He has also served as oversight counsel for insurance companies in the federal courts of South Carolina and Virginia. Bob received a B.A. from the University of Texas and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. He gained his early experience as a complex commercial and banking trial lawyer with two of the Southeast's largest law firms – McGuire, Woods and Hunton & Williams.

In the early 1990's, Bob's firm was recognized as one of Virginia's most successful small minority-owned law firms. During that time, the firm played a nationally-recognized prominent role in due diligence, director and officer liability investigations, and related trial work for the US government during the financial crises of that time. During the same period, the firm represented the interests of a leading global strategy and technology consulting firm, two of the preeminent banks in Virginia and Maryland, as well as numerous Fortune 500 companies including Nordstrom, Inc., Porsche Cars North America, and Rubbermaid Commercial Products. Bob also spearheaded his firm's entry into Eastern Europe where the firm provided consultant services in the areas of financial services, bankruptcy, land registration, intellectual property and port privatization during a five-year period.

In the late 1990's, Bob's firm was selected as lead counsel for the government in litigation involving the largest bank failure during the previous 10 years with over $850 million in losses to the taxpayers. Bob's work in strategic planning during the same period includes work for the Department of the Air Force and his co-authorship of the current "Vanguard Strategy," the blueprint for the future of the Air National Guard.

After a brief "retirement," Bob started his South Carolina practice in 2005, and opened the downtown Charleston, South Carolina office in late 2006. He opened the Beaufort, South Carolina office in early 2010. The firm has represented numerous businesses and individuals in the federal and state courts of South Carolina, and has been involved in initiatives involving both regional and national interests. Both of the firm's offices also handle immigration and immigration related issues. In February 2009, Bob and his firm won a federal court jury trial and were granted judgment following six days of trial. The jury's verdict included an award of money damages for fraud (and punitive damages) and violations of South Carolina's Unfair Trade Practices Act. The firm has also been involved in other matters involving fraud, anti-trust violations and trademark infringement in the state and federal courts.

Bob is a member of the bars of South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. He is also a member of the Asian Pacific Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyer's Association, and a former member of the American Corporate Counsel Association. Bob is an active member of the Exchange Club of Charleston, the Evening Exchange Club of Charleston, and the Propeller Club of the Port of Charleston. He was recently named "Man of the Year" in 2009 by the Exchange Club of Charleston. Bob's other community service activities include duties as a member of the National Exchange Club Committee of Jurisprudence and Laws, Board of Directors of the Coastal Carolina Fair, District Secretary of the South Carolina Exchange Clubs, District Director of the South Carolina Exchange Clubs, and Secretary of the Evening Exchange Club of Charleston. Bob also serves as Outside General Counsel of the Coastal Carolina Fair. Bob has been a speaker at law forums sponsored by the government and seminars hosted by private and public colleges and universities. He was also the featured guest on Comcast Television's broadcast of "Issues and Answers – Immigration Policy in the U.S." in February 2010.

Prior to law school, Bob served in the US Air Force and flew the F-4 Phantom. His duty assignments included service in Southeast Asia. Following his release from active duty and while attending law school at the University of Texas, Bob flew weekly training and surveillance missions as a member of the Texas Air National Guard. After law school, and while maintaining an active sophisticated civil litigation practice at one of the premier law firms in the South, Bob served in the District of Columbia Air National Guard where he continued to fly fighter jets. He later served as the Director of Plans and Programs and Inspector General and retired as a lieutenant colonel.