Robert G Knaier

Bob Knaier has substantial experience in all aspects of civil litigation, including trial and appellate work. He maintains a diverse practice, representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex business and commercial cases and personal injury matters. After law school, Bob clerked for Judge Richard C. Wesley of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He then practiced for several years at Latham & Watkins LLP. While there, Bob litigated cases involving allegations of tortious interference with contract, securities fraud, consumer fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and corporate fraud. He also spent considerable time defending mass torts, developing an expertise in working with scientific evidence and expert witnesses. Bob then practiced at a preeminent plaintiffs' law firm in San Diego, representing clients in serious personal injury cases, mass tort and product liability actions, and commercial torts through all stages of litigation, including jury trial. 

In addition to maintaining a busy law practice, Bob is actively involved in the local and national legal communities. He is a Master in the William B. Enright Inn of Court; is a member of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers' Board of Governors; previously served as Chair of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral & Information Service Committee; previously served as the Evidence Column Editor for Trial Bar News, the journal of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego; and for several years served as an Adjunct Professor in the “STEPPS” program at California Western School of Law, where he taught second-year law students practical skills and professional ethics. From 2016 to 2018, Bob was a member of the governing Council of the American Bar Association’s Section of Science & Technology Law; served for several years as Co-Chair of the Section’s Scientific Evidence Committee; and currently is an Associate Editor of the Section’s quarterly journal, The SciTech Lawyer.