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Robert K. Beste, Jr.

Partner   |   Wilmington
Partner   |   Wilmington

ROBERT K. BESTE, JR. has been a Partner in the Wilmington office of Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC since March of 2004 and has been engaged in the general practice of law in Delaware since 1975. Throughout his career, Bob's primary emphasis has been civil litigation. He also has extensive experience in estate planning, real estate, landlord/tenant issues, family law, bankruptcy, debt collection, foreclosures, construction matters and environmental insurance claims. Bob has expanded his practice to perform extensive work at 17 Delaware nursing homes.

In addition, Bob devotes substantial time to the practice of personal injury litigation. He has authored a 350-page, hard-bound treatise, published in 2003, entitled Automobile Injury and Insurance Claims: Delaware Law and Practice. The book is widely circulated throughout Delaware and is used by judges, attorneys, and insurance representatives as a reference guide. A ninth supplement to the book will be printed in September 2012 and is published annually, and now itself exceeds 250 pages of up-to-date summaries of the most current Delaware law.

Bob is a member of the Delaware State Bar Association. He also serves as a member of the Committee on Professional Ethics (Co-Chairman 2005-2009) and is a member of the Professional Guidance Committee and the Alternate Dispute Resolution Section of the Delaware State Bar Association. Additionally, he Bob is a member of the Delaware Heathcare Factilities Assocation and is a former member of the Board of Professional Responsibility, a certified mediator and a former special visitation master in the Family Court of Delaware, and a member of the Permanent Advisory Committee on Delaware Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct.

Bob is a member of the Board of Directors of Kentmere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and the Stonewold Maintenance Corporation, both in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Education

The George Washington University Law School, J.D.
George Washington University, B.A.

Bar Admissions

Delaware

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court, District of Delaware
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit