About Mr. Robert J Gillespie
Mr. Robert J Gillespie Jr built a profession that bridges public service and personal practice. He studied political science on the College of the Holy Cross, earning his B.A. in 1964. He went directly to Dickinson School of Law, receiving his J.D. in 1969.
Early in his profession he entered state government. In 1972 he served as an Assistant Lawyer General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. That identical duration saw him pass into personal practice as a companion at Bigelow, Gillespie and Cooper. He then shifted back to county-level prosecution in Luzerne County, holding the post of Assistant District Lawyer in 1973. He rose thru the county ranks, becoming First Assistant District Lawyer in 1978 and District Lawyer in 1981.
After years in public office he returned to private practice. In 1986 he was listed as a companion in personal practice. Later, starting in 2003, he's recognized as a senior litigator and member of Gillespie Miscavige Ferdinand & Baranko, LLC. His admissions include the bar of Pennsylvania, the United States Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, reflecting a tradition that has prolonged to federal appellate work.
Gillespie’s expert lifestyles is threaded through long-status participation in legal organizations. He is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a designation famous from 2011 onward. Philadelphia Magazine has covered him amongst its “Super Lawyers” listings since 2007. Records display club in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum beginning in 2006, and involvement with the American Association for Justice and the Pennsylvania Bar Association dating back to 1972. Locally, he has been a part of the Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association, the place he has served as chair of the exposure committee, and the Lower Luzerne Bar Association. He additionally served on the executive committee of the Pennsylvania District Lawyers Association from 1982 to 1986.
Colleagues and pleadings mirror an extended tenure in each trial work and appellate hearings. His career moves alternate among public prosecutorial roles and private litigation practice, a sample that formed his courtroom experience and contacts across Pennsylvania.
He currently practices as a senior trial lawyer at Gillespie Miscavige Ferdinand & Baranko, LLC, the place his work concentrates on litigation and trial things.
