About Robert O.
Robert O. Chessman constructed his legal foundation at Harvard and the University of Michigan. He earned a B.A. from Harvard University in 1968 and finished his J.D. on the University of Michigan Law School in 1974. Those faculties set the stage for a long practice in Michigan law.
He began working as an attorney within the mid-Nineteen Seventies and has remained lively within the Michigan bar ever since. Over the years he has taken on courtroom work, client counsel, and the regimen duties that keep a regulation practice running. That continuous involvement in daily practice has kept him connected to local legal wants and to the institutions that support them.
Chessman is a lawyer at McCroskey Law. He is licensed to practice in Michigan and is a member of each the Michigan State Bar Association and the Michigan Association for Justice. At the county level he has been extra than a player; he served as president of the Muskegon County Bar Association. That position placed him in contact with judges, fellow attorneys and network leaders, and it remains a prominent part of his expert record.
Colleagues describe his approach as methodical. He tends to prefer clean preparation and pragmatic planning over flash. In practice meaning cautious review of facts, attention to procedural detail, and a choice for resolving problems thru clean legal argument. Those habits have marked his work for decades and have informed his involvement in bar activities.
Outside of his casework he has kept a continuous presence in expert teams. His memberships in statewide and local bar organizations reflect an ongoing engagement with law school training, guidelines developments and the governance of local practice. Serving in a management post at the Muskegon County Bar Association gave him hands-on experience with the executive aspect of the career.
Today he continues to work at McCroskey Law in Michigan. He handles things for clients in the state and stays involved in the bar associations that have framed much of his profession. He presently practices at McCroskey Law, specializing in legal issues in Michigan courts.
