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FN:Robert L. Byer
TEL;WORK:412.497.1083
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TITLE:Partner
ORG:Duane Morris LLP
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Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
Phone: 412.497.1083
Fax: 215.979.1020

Robert L. Byer is head of the Appellate division of Duane Morris' Trial Practice Group. Mr. Byer concentrates his practice in appellate litigation and also practices in the areas of complex civil litigation; corporate compliance, corporate governance and internal investigations; intellectual property litigation; and administrative law. Mr. Byer is a former judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court and Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline. 

As an appellate lawyer, Mr. Byer has argued or briefed approximately 140 appeals in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits, the Pennsylvania appellate courts and the appellate courts of California, Maryland and Washington. He also has briefed and worked on appeals in the United States Supreme Court.  His appellate work covers a wide range of legal areas, including corporate governance, intellectual property, administrative agency law, tax cases, Constitutional law, insurance coverage contract cases, professional liability, product liability and toxic torts. He will be guiding the development of a firmwide appellate practice group at Duane Morris.

In addition to his work as an appellate lawyer, Mr. Byer brings to Duane Morris LLP a wealth of experience in complex civil and intellectual property litigation.  He also advises major corporations on issues related to commercial contracts, corporate governance, corporate compliance (including export control and political contribution and lobbying issues), ethics and internal investigations.

Mr. Byer is a member of the American Law Institute, the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and the Lawyers Advisory Committee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.  He is a former chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Civil Litigation Section, former chair of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Appellate Court Procedural Rules Committee and a former adjunct faculty member at Duquesne University School of Law, where he taught advanced courses on civil procedure, and The National Judicial College, where he taught courses on judicial review of administrative agency adjudications.  Mr. Byer is listed in Best Lawyers in America and in Pennsylvania SuperLawyers.

Mr. Byer is the author of a treatise on Pennsylvania civil practice and the author of numerous published articles, monographs, and course materials on various legal topics.  He has been a speaker at seminars and continuing legal education programs throughout the United States.

Mr. Byer is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1977; editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review; B.A., magna cum laude, 1973).  He engaged in post-graduate studies at Harris Manchester College, Oxford University.

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