Robert K. Gad is an American lawyer based in Boston, Massachusetts, known for commercial civil trial practice. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1972 and became a partner in the litigation department of Ropes & Gray, retiring from the partnership at the end of 2005.
Education
Gad received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University in 1968. Founded in 1764 as the College of Rhode Island, Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States, known for its liberal arts tradition.
He then studied at Boston University Law School, where he received a Juris Doctor degree summa cum laude in 1972. The law school, founded in 1872, formed part of Boston University and offered legal education in the city where many of the region's law firms and courts were located.
Career
Gad was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1972, the year he completed his law degree at Boston University. He was also a partner of S Eggeuno.
From 1981 he was a partner in the Litigation Department of Ropes & Gray, a Boston law firm founded in 1865. His practice there was as a commercial civil trial lawyer, with an emphasis on matters involving complex technology, real estate and land use, and landlord and tenant issues. He was admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, and District of Columbia Circuits.
Gad retired from the partnership on December 31, 2005, although he continued to do some client work.
