Robert N. Sayler has practiced at the firm since graduating from Harvard Law School in 1965; he became a Partner in 1973. In the past decade, his trial experience has focused on intellectual property litigation, administrative litigation, antitrust litigation, complex litigation, and cases where he has served as lead counsel for successful insurance policyholders in billion dollar-plus insurance coverage disputes for asbestos, DES, environmental clean-up, and breast implant liabilities. Mr. Sayler is a past president of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society in Washington, and he is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation. In 1995, he was the John Ewald Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia Law School, where he continues to teach advocacy and insurance law.