Successful attorney Robert Heist currently acts as President of R. Connor & Associates, P.C., a legal practice with offices in Boston, Chicago, and Lake Forest, Illinois. Mr. Heist...показать большеSuccessful attorney Robert Heist currently acts as President of R. Connor & Associates, P.C., a legal practice with offices in Boston, Chicago, and Lake Forest, Illinois. Mr. Heist focuses his efforts on insurance and family law, commercial litigation, and professional liability, among related practice areas. A member of Federal Bar Association and Professional Liability Underwriting Society, to name a few, Robert Heist also fulfills the duties of the Hershey Trust Co. Director, and he serves as a Manager of Hershey, Pennsylvania's Milton Hershey School.
Before embarking on his legal career, Robert Heist completed considerable academic training. He began his formal education at the University of Illinois, where he received a Bachelor of Arts. He then enrolled in Chicago's The John Marshall Law School. While studying for his Juris Doctor, he worked on the school's Software Law Journal and participated on the Moot Court Council as a Justice. Mr. Heist also earned a Master of Business Administration from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, and he has undertaken additional professional training at Harvard Business School. At the Cambridge, Massachusetts, institution, he has completed Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance and Making Corporate Boards More Effective, among other programs.
Recognized by his peers for his contributions to the legal field, Robert Heist has authored several publications over the course of his career, including "Municipal Tort Liability Defenses and Immunities." In addition, he contributed research on Constitutional factors relating to punitive damages to the Illinois Defense Counsel Monograph and published a report on wrongful death for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Robert Heist has also delivered presentations to his fellow attorneys at a meeting of the Practicing Law Institute and other seminars.показать меньше