Robert B. Remar

In his more than 50 years of practice, Robert B. Remar has handled numerous complex, high-profile litigation matters and tried scores of cases to juries in state and federal courts. His practice focuses on complex commercial and business disputes, employment, administrative law, health care, class actions, and civil rights/constitutional law. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

For 12 years, Rob was an Adjunct Professor teaching litigation at Georgia State University College of Law. For 13 years, his practice included serving as the Hearing Officer for the Georgia Public Service Commission. He served on the National Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union for 38 years and is the past Vice-President and Treasurer. He also served as the President of the ACLU of Georgia. Rob is deeply committed to the principle of equal justice under law and has handled numerous pro bono matters.

Robert's Practice

Representative Matters

• Represents a Fortune 500 company  in the defense of complex, high stakes litigation in federal and state courts alleging contamination of municipal water supplies and real property through the sale, use and discharge of so-called “forever chemicals”.
• Represents SouthStar Energy Services, Georgia’s largest natural gas marketer with operations in ten states, in all aspects of its business, including litigation and regulatory matters.
• Represented a joint county development authority in contentious bond validation litigation over the construction of an electric vehicle manufacturing facility.
• Represented Georgia’s 38 Electrical Membership Cooperatives in contentious evidentiary proceedings before the Georgia Public Service Commission regarding rural broadband access.
• Co-counsel in the defense of two consolidated class actions brought by financial institutions and consumers alleging damages for a data-security incident.
• Co-counsel in the defense of a class action data security breach action against a health care provider.
• Represented a major health insurance provider in defense of a bid protest over the award of the multi-million dollar State Health Benefits contract.
• Represented a primary health insurance provider in administrative and judicial challenges to the award of a contract to provide Medicaid coverage to Georgia families.
• Part of the defense team that represented one of the country’s largest manufacturers of building products in product liability claims.
• Defended a former director in a multi-party Delaware Chancery Court derivative action seeking over $120 million for alleged breach of fiduciary duty.
• Represented two of three ownership groups in highly contested litigation, including a multiweek trial, over ownership of the Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers.
• Along with a team of attorneys, successfully represented the Georgia Attorney General in a suit brought by the Governor seeking to compel the Attorney General to dismiss an appeal pending in the United States Supreme Court.
• Successfully represented in-town Atlanta neighborhoods in the contentious Presidential Parkway litigation thus preserving historic and vibrant communities.
• Represented the plaintiff class in the ground-breaking “prime rate” case Kleiner v. First National Bank of Atlanta.
• Represented the plaintiff class in a four-week §1983 “anti-slapp” jury trial in the Northen District of New York, one of the first in the country to be tried.
• Represented a nationwide class of women and children recipients of federal supplemental food benefits and three members of Congress challenging the “impoundment” of federal funds. The D.C. District Court issued an injunction directing the release of the funds.