In 2017 he was co-counsel in a case involving a woman who was suffering from a vitamin deficiency and was misdiagnosed, leaving her permanently impaired both physically and mentally.  That trial resulted in a jury verdict of over $14 million.  Also in 2017 he helped try a case in Albuquerque, New Mexico, involving a man who was left with bedsores during rehabilitation following a botched surgery; the jury awarded the man and his wife $7.75 million.

In 2016 he was co-counsel in another trial involving a young man who was left with a brain injury after a recreational boxing game.  That trial resulted in a jury verdict in excess of $17 million, one of the year’s largest verdicts in Texas.

In 2015 he helped obtain a $67,470,000 unanimous verdict on behalf of a paralyzed client, one of the largest jury verdicts in the United States that year. In 2011 he helped represent the family of a young man who was nearly cut in half from a forklift rollover.  The jury in that trial awarded one of the largest workplace accident verdicts in Texas that year.  Recently he was honored to be one of the lawyers representing the family of Sandra Bland in their nationally-spotlighted litigation against the Texas Department of Public Safety and the county jail where Sandra died—a suit which not only resulted in a considerable monetary settlement for her family but which also led to the passage of significant legislation in Sandra’s name and to permanent changes in jail policies and procedures.  Sandra’s death was also the subject of an HBO documentary titled Say Her Name:  The Life and Death of Sandra Bland, in which Bob made a brief appearance along with several of the other lawyers who worked on the case. For the past several years he has been part of a team representing military families, stationed on bases across Texas, in a series of lawsuits against privatized housing companies over deplorable living conditions in their on-base homes. In 2023 that trial team won one of the first jury verdicts against one of the housing companies, as well as achieving successful outcomes in arbitration proceedings against other housing defendants.

Among his many other recognitions, Bob has been named to the Texas Monthly Super Lawyers® list from 2011-2024, was named a Super Lawyers® Rising Star in 2004, has been recognized as one of “America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators” by America’s Top 100, LLC, was named to the “Lawyers of Distinction” organization in 2018, was selected as one of San Antonio’s best lawyers for 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2024 by S.A. Scene magazine, was named one of the “Top One Percent” of attorneys in the country by the National League of Renowned Attorneys (an organization which examines the professionalism, ethics, and notable verdicts of potential invitees and is open to approximately 1% of the attorneys in the country), is one of the “Premier 100” attorneys in the nation according to the National Academy of Jurisprudence, received a Lifetime Achievement award from the “America’s Top 100 Attorneys” organization in 2016, was named one of 100 “Premier Trial Attorneys” in Texas by the American Academy of Trial Attorneys (an honor accorded to less than 1% of the attorneys practicing in the United States), and has been “AV” rated by the Martindale-Hubbell legal publication since 2003–that esteemed publication’s highest rating for an attorney. In 2025 he was honored to be nominated and elected as a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. Fellowship is limited to 1/3 of 1% of Texas attorneys, and (per the Foundation’s website) is based on outstanding contributions to the legal profession as well as a commitment to the community.

Bob moved to Texas in the early 1970s from the East Coast. The son of first-generation Polish immigrants, his parents instilled in him the values of loyalty, patriotism, and the importance of family.   His father was a decorated World War II veteran, and he and Bob’s mom shared nearly 60 years together.  Bob’s folks also passed on to him the notion of “paying your dues”, and as both a high school and college student he worked several part-time jobs simultaneously while attending classes full-time.  He was an accomplished school athlete and national merit scholar.  While a law student, he began working for Tom Rhodes as a clerk, and stayed with Tom for nearly three decades, ultimately becoming his law partner and the COO of the Tom Rhodes Law Firm, P.C.  He joined Watts Guerra, LLP in 2019, and Guerra, LLP in 2024.

Having taken up motorcycle road racing in his mid-50s, across three seasons of racing he earned nine championships in the Expert and Novice classes with the Central Motorcycle Racing Association (CMRA), as well as five class runner-up positions.  In 106 CMRA race starts he had 15 race wins, 33 podium finishes, and 0 DNFs (“Did Not Finish”). In 2024 he competed internationally in the Baja International Tourist Cup, a high-speed motorcycle race held on closed public roads in the mountains outside of Tecate, Mexico.  He finished 2^nd in the Ultralightweight class, fulfilling a longstanding dream of racing in a Tourist Trophy (“TT”)-style event. He retired from racing following the 2024 season. He enjoys traveling, writing, and spending his free time with his family.