Attorney Profiles

For more than 35 years Bob Connor has focused his practice on admiralty and maritime law. Throughout his career Bob has participated in numerous complex litigation matters, many of which have involved cargo claims and subrogation.  As well, Bob has been involved in matters in the aviation industry and represents a major airline in defending cargo claims as well as baggage and ticket disputes.

Bob has served as the Vice Chairman and then Chairman of the Carriage of Goods Committee of the Maritime Law Association of the United States. In addition to his duties as Chairman, Bob participated in the drafting of the MLA proposed changes to U.S. COGSA which became the basis for the now proposed Rotterdam Rules as adopted by the United Nations.

In 1971 Bob earned his A.B. from Syracuse University. He then went on to attain his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1974. Bob joined the firm of Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston in 1974 and focused his practice on marine cargo subrogation claims. In 1995, Bob became the head of the Cargo Recovery Department, a position he held until 2004, when he joined McDermott & Radzik.

Bob has been involved in several notable cases, which include the APL China container loss in 1999, the 1997 Carla break-up, and a recovery against FedEx in 2000 that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court wherein the full value of a shipment of computer wafers was recovered, rather than the minimal weight limitation.

Bob has received an AV "Preeminent" Peer Review Rating form Martindale-Hubbell.