Background
Rivkin, Robert Samuel was born in 1960. Son of William R. Rivkin.
Rivkin, Robert Samuel was born in 1960. Son of William R. Rivkin.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982. Juris Doctor, Stanford University Law School, California, 1987.
Law clerk to Honorary Joel M. Flaum United States Court Appeals (7th circuit), 1987—1988. Assistant United States attorney (northern district) Illinois United States Department Justice, 1988—1994. Director programs & policy legal department City of Chicago, 1994—1997.
Litigation partner Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, 1998—2001. General counsel Chicago Transit Authority, 2001—2004. Vice president, deputy general counsel the Americas Aon Corporation, 2004—2009.
General counsel United States Department Transportation, Washington, since 2009.
Married Cindy S. Rivkin, May 7, 1988. 3 children.