Robert G. Rooney

Mr. Rooney focuses his practice on the areas of tort, toxic tort, insurance law and business disputes. He has represented clients in litigated and nonlitigated disputes, including environmental and toxic tort lawsuits involving claims of nuisance, strict liability, negligence, trespass and punitive damages; insurance coverage litigation; professional liability/malpractice actions; product liability litigation; breach of contract disputes; trustee litigation; and business torts. Mr. Rooney has extensive litigation experience, primarily in cases alleging serious personal injury and/or catastrophic property loss, and has tried a substantial number of cases to verdict.

Court Memberships

• Kansas
• Missouri
• U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
• U.S. Supreme Court

Honors

• Editor-in-Chief, The Georgetown Immigration Law Journal

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• The Missouri Bar
• Kansas Bar Association
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Publications

• Author, The Power to Pretermit An Application for Asylum: Improper Policy for American Asylum Law, The Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Fall 1991), 641