Leonardo da Vinci is quoted as saying, “He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards a ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.” This principle drives Robert’s professional, personal, and political pursuits.
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Robert graduated cum laude in University Honors from the University of New Mexico in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science while minoring in Economics. He then followed his wife to Arizona, where she studied dentistry, and he studied law. During his legal studies, Robert became a law review Managing Editor. After graduating from law school in 2014, Robert matriculated into Boston University, completing an LL.M. in Taxation. 

 

Upon completion of his LL.M., he joined EY as a tax associate, working out of both the Boston and Detroit offices. While at the Boston office, Robert focused heavily on State and Local Tax and Federal Tax issues of Biotech firms. During his tenure at EY, Robert had an opportunity to transfer to the Detroit office. This not only allowed him the chance to be with his wife while she finished her residency at the University of Michigan, but it also afforded him a more heterogeneous purview within the firm’s service. While working in the Detroit office, much of Robert’s time was spent in the Tax Controversy group. Specifically, he worked on LB&I Audit Defense and M&A Audit Protection.