While in law school, Rob published an article in the Journal of Law and Education entitled “Balancing Individual Privacy with the Public’s Right to Know – Georgia Supreme Court’s Red & Black Ruling Creates Gray Area.” After graduating from law school, Rob went to work with Mike McRae at the firm of York, McRae and York in 1994. Rob became a partner in the firm in 1999 when he and Mike McRae opened the Cedartown location.
Rob’s primary practice areas are in real estate closings and litigation, local government law, personal injury, wrongful death, and mediation. He has been involved in numerous areas of local government law for the cities of Cedartown, Rockmart, and Buchanan, as well as Floyd County, including zoning and land use matters, employment issues, charter and ordinance drafting, and Open Records and Open Meetings questions. He also represents the Cedartown Housing Authority. In March 2007, he was approved by the State Office of Dispute Resolution as a mediator in general civil matters and is available to mediate cases in the Seventh Judicial Administrative District, which includes Polk, Haralson, Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Paulding, and Douglas County.
In addition to his full-time law practice, Rob has served as an Associate Juvenile Court Judge in Polk and Haralson County since 2003. He is a member of the Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. He is a past Board member of the Sexual Assault Center of Northwest Georgia and the Cedartown Kiwanis Club. He currently serves on the Polk County Indigent Defense Committee. He is married to the former Amy Dooley of Cedartown, and they have three children: Pierce, Kate, and Thomas.
