Robert M. Bridges, Partner of Jacobson & Schwartz, is committed with The Firm’s other partners, to ensuring the highest standards of representation, litigation management and defense on behalf of leading carriers are consistently met.

Mr. Bridges’ years as in-house counsel with Home Insurance Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company contribute to his expertise in the area’s of bodily injury and property damage, as well as his vast knowledge of the industry’s intricacies and ever evolving changes in insurance defense.

Throughout his career, Mr. Bridges has relied on his wide-ranging courtroom experience on behalf of carriers. He has tried numerous cases before the Supreme Court and continues to have a strong trial practice with a major concentration in the defense of Dram Shop, product liability and lead poisoning cases. Mr. Bridges is well-respected within the insurance and legal communities and has served as a speaker before organizations in both sectors.




Other Professional Credentials:

• Serves on the Trial Tactics Committee for the Defense Research Institute
• Service as an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County, New York and Assistant District Attorney in Queens County, New York, where he was Chief of the Rackets Bureau
  
  Recognition:
• "Prosecutor of the Year" Awarded by the United States Postal Inspection Service
  
  Education:
• Juris Doctor, Brooklyn Law School
• Bachelor of Arts, Long Island University
• Admitted to Bar, 1974
  
  Community Service:
• Former Vice Chairman of the Nassau County Conservative Party
• Former Arbitrator for the New York City Civil Court
  
  Mr. Bridges is married with three children. He has one grandchild and another on the way.