Robert Toland II

Biography

Robert Toland specializes in appellate practice with extensive experience handling appeals in state and federal court. He has substantial expertise in isolating and framing the most viable appellate issues, drafting clear and compelling briefs and presenting effective arguments. His goal is to achieve the most polished, professional and efficient presentation of an appeal. He has regularly appeared before all levels of state and federal appellate courts. He is frequently involved in trials to ensure that key issues are identified and preserved before, during and after trial. These efforts help expand the options if an appeal is necessary.

Robert has briefed and argued many high-profile appeals for national and multinational corporations faced with complex issues. He often presses how the law should be developed or changed in a given area, from appropriate measures to limit the recovery of punitive damages in product liability litigation, to the admissibility of expert testimony, to nationwide personal jurisdiction in civil RICO Act cases, to the constitutionality of state laws on various grounds.

Robert is also experienced in appellate practice that resides beyond the realm of traditional channels, such as through interlocutory appeals of collateral orders, mandamus, extraordinary applications and other means to achieve immediate review.

His practice has represented automotive and chemical manufacturers in product liability litigation, doctors and hospitals in medical malpractice litigation and a wide variety of clients in commercial, constitutional, insurance coverage and construction litigation. He has represented clients in product liability litigation throughout the United States.

Robert was one of the founding editors of the Villanova Environmental Law Journal and clerked in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania after graduating from law school.