Background
Luskin, Robert D. was born on January 21, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Luskin, Robert D. was born on January 21, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Harvard College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1972). Oxford University, Oxford England. Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1979).
Worked at Comey Boyd & Luskin (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in General Civil Practice in State and Federal Courts with an emphasis on Professional Liability Litigation, Insurance Coverage Advice and Litigation, General Commercial Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense, and Constitutional Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1979, District of Columbia and United States. District Court, District of Columbia.
1981, United States.
Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits. 1984, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Beta Kappa. Rhodes Scholar.
Supreme Court Note Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1978-1979.
Author: "Behold The Day of Judgement: Is the RICO Pattern Requirement Void for Vagueness?" 64 Saint John"s Law Review 799 (1990). Lecturer in Law: University of Virginia School of Law, 1992.
Faculty Georgetown University Law Center, Continuing Legal Education Center, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1993. Law Clerk to Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer, United States.
District Court for the District of Columbia, 1979-1980.
Special Counsel, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, United States. Department of Justice, 1980-1982. President, Harvard Law School Association of the District of Columbia, 1991.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar.
American Bar Association (Chairman, RICO, Forfeiture and Civil Remedies Committee, Criminal Justice Section, 1990-1994. Member, Complex Crimes Committee, Litigation Section.
Vice-Chairman, Tasks Force on Forfeiture, 1993). National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice.
Comey Boyd & Luskin specializes in complex litigation, with particular expertise in insurance coverage counseling and litigation, complex civil litigation, and the defense of civil and criminal government enforcement actions. Comey Boyd & Luskin also has a significant appellate practice. The firm has served as lead counsel in numerous civil and criminal appeals in the United States Supreme Court and in federal and state appellate courts.
The firm has a significant alternative dispute resolution practice, with a focus on negotiating and documenting global and partial settlements of complex multi-party litigation, resolving related settlement bar and judgement reduction issues in the joint tortfeasor context, and addressing insurance related problems.
Finally, the firm has special expertise in developing and administering compliance programs and in conducting internal investigations.
Author: "Behold The Day of Judgement: Is the RICO Pattern Requirement Void for Vagueness?" 64 St. John's Law Review 799 (1990). Lecturer in Law: University of Virginia School of Law, 1992. Faculty Georgetown University Law Center, Continuing Legal Education Center, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1993.
Law Clerk to Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer, United States. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1979-1980. Special Counsel, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, United States.
Department of Justice, 1980-1982. President, Harvard Law School Association of the District of Columbia, 1991.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. American Bar Association (Chairman, RICO, Forfeiture and Civil Remedies Committee, Criminal Justice Section, 1990-1994. Member, Complex Crimes Committee, Litigation Section.
Vice-Chairman, Tasks Force on Forfeiture, 1993).
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. California Attorneys for Criminal Justice.