Position: Partner
Address:
15 South Franklin Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0075
Email: Email
Direct Dial: (570) 826-5652
Direct Fax: (570) 706-3424
Vcard: Vcard
Assistant's Name: Ann Marie Maskinas
Assistant's E-Mail: Email
Robert D. Schaub was born in Plainview, New York on October 24, 1959. In 1981, he graduated magna cum laude from LeMoyne College where he was a member of Alpha Sigma Nu. He received his Juris Doctor in 1984 from Catholic University. Mr. Schaub received the Engalitcheff Outstanding Young American Award while attending Georgetown University.
Attorney Schaub was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1984. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States Claims Court.
Attorney Schaub serves on the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Professional Liability Committee. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Luzerne County Bar Association (Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association.) Attorney Schaub currently serves as President of the Association.
Attorney Schaub has tried numerous cases to verdict. He has a concentration in business litigation and has handled numerous injunction hearings involving covenants not to compete. Attorney Schaub has been involved in numerous matters involving closely held and family owned businesses, and has been able to effectuate very favorable resolutions, with and without litigation, on behalf of clients. He was involved in the representation of Emilio and Gloria Estefan who were injured in an interstate tractor trailer/bus accident in the Pocono Mountains. He has also successfully represented many clients who suffered significant personal injuries and the family members of wrongful death victims, including the families of four victims who were killed in a tragic boating accident. Many of these personal injury matters involved complex economic loss issues, and Attorney Schaub has drawn upon his business litigation experience to obtain very significant recoveries.
Attorney Schaub has been married to his wife, Julie for 25 years. They have four children, Rachel, Hillary, Drew and Grace. Rachel currently attends American University and Hillary attends The George Washington University. Mr. Schaub is an avid ice hockey player, golfer and enjoys reading historical biographies.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Numerous injunction hearings involving covenants not to compete
- Numerous matters involving closely held and family owned business
- Involvement in the representation of Emilio & Gloria Estefan, who were injured in an interstate tractor trailer/bus accident in the Pocono Mountains
- Representation of many clients who suffered significant personal injuries
- Representation of the families of four victims who were killed in a tragic, boating accident
EDUCATION
- Georgetown University – Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems (1979); Recipient of the Engalitcheff Outstanding Young American Award
- Lemoyne College (B.A., magna cum laude & Alpha Sigma Nu, 1981)
- Catholic University (J.D., 1984)
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Pennsylvania Bar Association – Professional Liability Committee, Speakers Panel for Malpractice Avoidance Program
- Luzerne County Bar Association (Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association) – Young Lawyers Division (Past Chair), Bench-Bar Committee (Past Chair), Currently President of the Association
- American Bar Association
- United Way of Wyoming Valley – Past Board Member, Chairman of the Board and Campaign Chair
- United Way of Pennsylvania - Past Board Member and Executive Committee
- Leadership Wilkes-Barre, - Board Member
- Huntsville Golf Club - Board Member
- Northeastern Pennsylvania Council of Boy Scouts of America - Past Board Member
- Back Mountain Youth Sports - Coach for Baseball, Basketball, Soccer and Youth Hockey
- Luzerne County Head Start - Board Member and Secretary
