Robert has more than a decade of public policymaking and political experience, as well as a breadth of federal legislative and regulatory knowledge and expertise. In 2003, Robert launched the firm’s federal affairs division, building a successful, bipartisan governmental affairs practice. Currently, Robert and the federal affairs team serve as Washington representatives to Fortune 500 companies, municipal and county governments, universities, and a number of other business interests. Robert has been active on a wide array of issue areas including agribusiness, natural resources, energy, environment, immigration, health, education, technology, transportation and infrastructure.

Robert has worked with the Executive Branch and various federal agencies advocating policy issues, infrastructure projects and legislative priorities. Familiar with the federal and state legislative and regulatory processes, he has worked on a variety of projects with U.S. Senators, Congressmen, Congressional Committees, Governors' staffs, state regulatory agencies, and members of the state legislature to produce significant results for clients.

An experienced political strategist, Robert has managed winning U.S. Senate and U.S. House races and advised candidates and incumbents at all levels of government. For 10 years, he served as top political aide and Chief of Staff to former Congressman and current U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA).

In the 2004 Presidential campaign, Robert served as one of Bush-Cheney‘s most successful fundraisers in the country, earning a slot on the National Finance Committee and a designation as a Bush-Cheney Ranger.

In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed Robert to serve on the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Robert has served on the Troutman Sanders Strategies’ Board of Directors since 2003 and is a Board member of the Troutman Sanders LLP Political Action Committee.