Robert K. Jenner - Baltimore, MD

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1985
    Juris Doctorate
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Banks-Baldwin Clinical Program Award

• Non Legal Education

  • Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1982
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: William Toth Memorial Prize (History)
    Major: History

Past Positions

• Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC, Partner, October 1, 2001 - April 1, 2018
• Greenberg & Bederman, LLP, Partner, May 1, 1999 - September 1, 2001
• Freeman & Jenner, PC, Partner, July 1, 1985 - April 1, 1999

Languages

• English

Classes and Seminars

• Zofran Litigation, Plaintiffs Hot Topics Seminar, Course Advisor and Speaker, September 2015.
  
• Testosterone Therapy Seminar, American Association for Justice, Course Advisor, March 2014.
  
• Clergy Abuse — Mass Tort or Coordinated Cases? — American Association for Justice, Annual Convention, Course Advisor, Moderator, and Speaker, July 2024.
  
• Elmiron Litigation, American Association for Justice Webinar, Course Advisor and Moderator, February 2021.
  
• Tenofovir Litigation, Mass Torts Made Perfect Webinar, February 2021.
  
• Tenofovir, Litigation at Sunrise, American Association for Justice, July 2019.
  
• Mass Torts for the Masses, Everything You Wanted To Know About Mass Torts, American Association for Justice, July 2019.
  
• Specialized Depositions College: Mass Torts, American Association for Justice, Course Advisor and Speaker, October 2018.
  
• Discovering the Science – When the Defendant Refuses To, Mass Torts Made Perfect, April 2018.
  
• Mass Tort Best Practices: Client Management 101 – Managing Client Expectations, American Association for Justice, Mass Torts Best Practices Seminar, July 2017.
  
• Why the Most Successful Trial Teams Include Women, Mass Torts Made Perfect, October 2016.
  
• Insights from Judges and Trial Attorneys, Fourth Annual Complex Litigation Judicial Forum, March 2016.

Pro Bono Activities

• Lab Rescue of the LRCP, Volunteer

Published Works

Articles

• “Protect Your Liability Expert’s Deposition,” Trial, Vol. 55, No. 4, p. 16, April 2019., 2019
  
• “Managing Mass Torts: Laying the Groundwork,” Trial, July 2016., 2016
  
• “7 Ways to Minimize Law Firm Expenses,” Trial, Vol. 52, No. 3, March 2016., 2016
  

Bar Admissions

• Maryland, 1985
• District of Columbia, 1986
• Massachusetts, 2017
• U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1988
• U.S. District Court for the District of the District of Columbia, 1993
• United States Supreme Court, 1992

Other Affiliations

• Maryland Association for Justice (Past-President)
• International Society of Barristers (Fellow)
• Maryland Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• Trial Lawyers Association of Washington, D.C. (Member)
• Maryland Bar Association (Member)
• District of Columbia Bar Association (Member)
• Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
• Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (Member)
• Federal Bar Association (Member)
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Member)
• Maryland Association for Justice, American Association for Justice
• Maryland Association for Justice, Former AAJ State Governor for Maryland
• Maryland Association for Justice, Co-Chair of Tenofovir Litigation Group
• Maryland Association for Justice, Past Chair of Pain Pump-Chondrolysis Litigation Group
• Maryland Association for Justice, Past Vice-Chair of Hormone Therapy Litigation Group