Background
Riegert, Robert Adolf was born on April 21, 1923 in Cincinnati. Son of Adolf and Hulda (Basler) Riegert.
Riegert, Robert Adolf was born on April 21, 1923 in Cincinnati. Son of Adolf and Hulda (Basler) Riegert.
Bachelor of Science, University Cincinnati, 1948. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard University, 1953. Doctoris Juris Utriusque magna cum laude, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1966.
Postgraduate, University Michigan. Postgraduate, Harvard University. Postgraduate, Yale University.
Postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Member, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, 1952-1953; sole practice, Heidelberg, 1954-1963; visiting associate professor, Southern Methodist U. Law School, Dallas, 1967-1971; professor of law, Cumberland Law School, Samford U., Birmingham, Alabama, 1971-1997; professor emeritus, Cumberland Law School, Samford U., Birmingham, since 1997; director, Cumberland Summer Law Program, Heidelberg, 1981-1994. Distinguished visiting professor Salmon P. Chase College Law, 1983-1984.
Served to First lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association (commission on new payment systems), International Academy Commercial and Consumer Law, American Law Institute, Alabama Law Institute (county), Association American Law Schools (section international legal exchanges, subcommittee on committee laws), German Comparative Law Association, Academy Society German Supreme Court Justices, Army-Navy Club (Washington).
Married Roswitha Victoria Bigalke, October 28, 1966. Children: Christine Rose, Douglas Louis.