Robert I. Paller

Robert I. Paller is Of Counsel in the Corporate Section of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

He has particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.

He is involved on a continuing basis with a number of corporations providing legal services as general counsel. Mr. Paller is involved extensively in the representation of private equity funds both on the buy side, as well as the sell side and has significant experience in representing companies that are being sold as well as companies that are acquiring other entities.

A native of Atlanta, Mr. Paller received a B.S. degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina in 1956. He earned his LL.B. degree from Emory University in 1958. While at Emory he was named the Outstanding Student in Federal Income Taxation, he received the American Jurisprudence Award in Equity and was a member of the Law Review staff. Upon graduation, he served in the United States Air Force for three years as a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Division, before joining the Firm in 1961.

Mr. Paller is a member of the Atlanta and American Bar Associations, the State Bar of Georgia, the Standard Club (where served as president) and the Lawyers Club of Atlanta.