Robert P. Trout
Robert P. Trout has over 35 years' experience in civil and criminal litigation. His practice has concentrated primarily on complex commercial litigation and on white collar criminal defense as well as the defense of administrative agency enforcement actions. He began his legal career at the Department of Justice, where he served for two years in the Criminal Division, followed by four years as an Assistant United States Attorney in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Trout served as Associate Deputy Independent Counsel in 1995-96. Before founding his current firm in 1996, Mr. Trout was a partner in a large national law firm.
Mr. Trout is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and he has served as a member of the College's State Committee for the District of Columbia. One of the original members of the Steering Committee of the Litigation Section of the District of Columbia Bar, Mr. Trout served as Chair of the Litigation Section in 1984-85. He has been active in the DC Bar's efforts to promote alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") and he has served as a volunteer mediator for both the United States District Court and the District of Columbia Superior Court. Mr. Trout currently serves on the Attorney Grievance Committee of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in three categories (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and White Collar Criminal Defense), and he is also listed in Super Lawyers, Chambers USA Guide America's Leading Lawyers for Business, and Washingtonian Magazine’s Top Lawyers.
Mr. Trout is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland, and he maintains an active practice in all three jurisdictions. He is admitted to practice before a number of federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the Fourth Circuit, the Third Circuit, the Seventh Circuit, the Ninth Circuit, the Tenth Circuit, the Eleventh Circuit and the Federal Circuit, as well as the U.S. Tax Court.
A member of the American Bar Association and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Mr. Trout has served as Co-chair of the Criminal Justice Committee of the ABA's Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a Master in the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court.
Mr. Trout earned his B.A. in 1970 from Washington & Lee University and his J.D. in 1973 from the University of Virginia School of Law.
