Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner

Lawyer Overview

Robert counsels businesses, individuals and families facing strategic, financial, corporate, employment and other critical legal decisions. Robert has substantial experience in the representation of creditors, debtors and other litigants in Federal, Bankruptcy and State Courts. Robert is a certified mediator and has served as a court appointed arbitrator or mediator in commercial and business disputes. Robert serves as a Trustee or other representative of numerous family and financial trusts and other fiduciary entities.

Robert also represents numerous clients in the startup, purchase, financing and sale of assets and businesses.

Areas of Practice

• Workout and Commercial Law 20%
• Employment Law 20%
• Corporate Law/Business Transactions 20%
• Trustee/Estate Related Matters 20%

West Practice Categories

Arbitration, Mediation, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Lending & Secured Transactions, Loan Workouts, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Bankruptcy, Foreclosures, Reorganizations & Restructuring, Workouts, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Secured Transactions, Transactions, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employer, Trusts, Business & Trade, Bankruptcy Litigation, Complex Litigation, Federal Trial Practice, State Trial Practice, Estate Administration

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1984
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1985

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts, Inc., 2000 - 2002 (President)
• Jewish Family Service of Worcester Association, 1995 - 1997 (President)
• Greater Worcester Community Foundation, 2007 - Present (Director)
• Melvin S. Cutler Charitable Foundation, 2006 - Present (Trustee)
• Jewish Health Care Center Inc., 2008 - Present (Director (VP. Currently))
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
• Worcester County Bar Association (Member)
• Massachusetts Bar Foundation, 2006 (Fellow)

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyer, 2006
• Samuel Seder Young Leadership Award Recipient - Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts, 1997
• Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Protecting Assets from Creditors, MCLE, 2000
• Lecturer, The Sale of Assets in Bankruptcy, ABI Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, 2002

Pro Bono Activities

• Corporator, Greater Worcester Community Foundation, 2003 - Present
• Vice-President, WICN Public Radio, 1994 - 1995

Past Employment Positions

• Bowditch & Dewey, Associate, 1984 - 1990
• Health-tex Inc., Sales Representatives, 1979 - 1981

Education

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1984
  J.D.
  Honors: Paul J. Liacos Scholar
• State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Major: Psychology

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Accepts Credit Cards

Address

Burnside Building
339 Main Street
Suite 300
Worcester, MA 01608-1521

Phones

508-757-7721 (Ext. 107)

Faxes

508-831-0955

Emails

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Websites

http://www.sederlaw.com