Rob Slovak

Experience

1. National Litigation Vice-chair

   Foley & Lardner LLP

   Sep 1999 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

   Robert Slovak serves as Foley\'s National Litigation Vice-Chair. He has over 20 years of experience in commercial trial practice. Focusing on high-stakes “business divorces,” nationally and across a wide variety of industries, clients appreciate Rob’s strategic advocacy and ability to come up with creative solutions to legal matters. Rob\'s experience includes: contract disputes; fiduciary duty claims; post-acquisition and working capital disputes; trade secrets, business fraud and business tort claims; actions involving trademark and copyright; commercial construction disputes; insurance coverage disputes, fraudulent transfer actions, products liability, and environmental disputes.In addition to trying cases, Rob serves as outside general counsel for clients in the construction, manufacturing and financial services industries. His team assists with clients’ contracts, acquisitions, and human resources needs and identifies, manages, and reduces business risks.With a strong financial background, Rob is adept at designing alternative fee structures to align with a client’s business and litigation goals. For example, he and the banking team represent companies with large portfolios of commercial loans under a unique fee arrangement that allows the team to anticipate portfolio problems before they occur and actively manage issues. Clients rely on Rob to provide as much consistency and predictability as possible.

Skills

• Trade Secrets
• Trial Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Civil Litigation
• Construction Law
• Trademarks
• Copyright Law
• Intellectual Property
• Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Arbitration