Robert K. Taylor
Rob has represented businesses, associations, government agencies, and individuals in litigation and arbitration proceedings for 25 years. He also counsels clients on antitrust, unfair competition, consumer litigation defense, and other trade regulation issues.
Rob has handled a diverse range of contract, business tort and intellectual property lawsuits involving the banking, construction, manufacturing and insurance industries, among others. Drawing on the expertise developed for his treatise, Testimonial Privileges, he represents attorneys and accountants in cases involving alleged malpractice and ethics violations. He has successfully argued in the federal appeals courts and the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Rob has served in top leadership positions on the boards of numerous Rhode Island nonprofits, and has broad experience with nonprofit legal and management issues including board governance, conflicts of interest, financial supervision and reporting, investment policy, for-profit subsidiaries and related activities, charitable foundation oversight, and crisis communications.
Practice Areas
Education
Yale University, B.A., cum laude
Bar Memberships
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Rhode Island
U.S. District Court, Rhode Island
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
Professional Affiliations
- Rhode Island Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Antitrust and Litigation Sections
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Antitrust Section
Boards
- Providence Public Library
- Past-Chairman
- Providence Public Library Foundation
- Trustee
- Past-Vice Chairman
- Providence Preservation Society
- Chair, Governance Committee
- Business Innovation Factory
- Board of Directors
- BSA Narragansett Council
- Executive Board
Representative Cases
- Represented the Public Utility Commission with regard to a major rate case focused on the decoupling of transportation of natural gas from commodity charges.
- Successfully represented the Rhode Island Department of Transportation in a number of high stakes litigation involving construction issues, federal funding, and attacks on the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority’s tolling authority.
- Successfully represented municipality in a court challenge to its authority to impose a moratorium on solar developments to permit the municipality to complete its impact analysis and amend its zoning ordinance to address identified issues.
Honors
- Selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America as an expert in commercial litigation
- Selected by his peers for inclusion in Rhode Island Super Lawyers
Representative Publications
- RI Supreme Court Decision to Impact Real Estate, Title and Mortgage Industries June 3, 2020
- Make Your Charity Great Again; Double-Check Your Compliance With State Registration Laws October 17, 2016
- “Antitrust and Trade Regulation Briefing May 2013” May 2013
- “Antitrust and Trade Regulation Briefing February 2013” February 2013
Recognitions
- PSH Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 18, 2022
- Partridge Snow & Hahn Attorneys Recognized in the 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 20, 2020
- Partridge Snow & Hahn Attorneys Recognized in Professional Excellence Law Issue In Rhode Island Monthly June 2020
- Partridge Snow & Hahn Attorneys Have Been Named to the 2019 Edition of Best Lawyers in America November 5, 2018
- PS&H Attorneys Named 2018 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars American Lawyer Media, October 22. 2018
- Robert Taylor Receives Trustee Award from Rhode Island Library Association June 8, 2018
- PS&H Attorneys Named 2017 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars October 2017
- Best Lawyers in America 2018 Names PS&H Providence Attorneys Bernardo, Gamboli, Gilden, Merten and McCarthy “Lawyers of the Year”
- 11 Attorneys in Providence and Boston Named “Best Lawyers”, August 16, 2017
