Robert P. Lynch

Phone: (202) 785-0123 x 11
Fax: (202) 393-3390
email: Boblynch@Macleaylynch.com

Mr. Lynch is a life-long Bethesda resident and a graduate of the Landon School in 1977. Mr. Lynch attended Villanova University from 1977 to 1981 and received a Bachelor of Arts in History. He then attended St. Mary’s University Law School in San Antonio, Texas and received his law degree in 1985.

Following graduation, Mr. Lynch worked as an associate in the law firm of Epstein, Becker, Borsody and Green. Mr. Lynch’s primary responsibilities at Epstein, Becker, Borsody and Green centered on the corporate formation of nationwide Health Maintenance Organizations. In 1987, Mr. Lynch went to work for the American Trucking Associations (“ATA”) where he rose to become the Executive Director of the National Freight Claims Council. At ATA, Mr. Lynch also served as a national guest speaker for groups whose drivers would be affected by the implementation of the Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). ATA was instrumental in the successful implementation of this nationwide safety initiative.

In 1991, Mr. Lynch joined Macleay, Lynch, Gregg & Lynch, P.C. He became a Partner at the firm in 1995. Mr. Lynch’s experience at the firm has covered a broad range of civil litigation including race and employment discrimination, premises liability, automobile negligence (including wrongful death claims) and insurance coverage issues related to the leased vehicle industry.

Mr. Lynch has served as lead counsel in dozens of trials pending in the District of Columbia Courts. He has secured defense verdicts in three rear-end collisions and judgments in a wide variety of slip and fall cases, some involving serious personal injury (e.g., closed head trauma). His litigation experience extends to international cases including matters involving Russian adoptions and a catastrophic flood of a power plant on the west coast of Mexico.

Mr. Lynch has participated in over seventy binding arbitrations in a variety of forums, frequently obtaining favorable and costs effective results for the firm’s clients. In fact, a substantial majority of the arbitration awards were lower than the last settlement offer tendered by the defense. Most importantly, Mr. Lynch’s arbitration experience has limited his clients’ trial related litigation costs.

Mr. Lynch has successfully defended appeals before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in areas of defamation, premises liability and motor vehicle negligence. Recently, Mr. Lynch was recruited to serve as a member of the Paralegal Studies Program Focus Group at the George Washington University with seven other Washington area attorneys. The purpose of the group is to study the emerging trends in the Washington D.C. Paralegal Market. Mr. Lynch is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (1985), the District of Columbia Bar Association (1989) and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1991).