Phone: 215-665-3206
Email: robert.whitelaw@obermayer.com

Robert I. Whitelaw is the managing partner of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP. He is co-chairman of the firm's Litigation Department.

Mr. Whitelaw has over 35 years of experience practicing law at Obermayer. He has extensive experience in a wide variety of issues relating to marriage and family law, including division of property, alimony, tax matters, child custody, visitation and support, prenuptial agreements, adoption and paternity. He is an experienced advisor and litigator in partnership and corporate matters with respect to formation, succession and dissolution. He also has a comprehensive background in probate, fiduciary and administration of estates. Mr. Whitelaw joined Obermayer in 1970 as an associate in the firm's Fiduciary Department. He was made partner in 1978, became managing partner in 1986, and has held the position of co-chairman of the Litigation Department since 1983. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College, Amherst, MA, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Philadelphia. Mr. Whitelaw is a fellow with the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He is also a member of the Family Law, Litigation and Probate sections of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. His civic activities include: Trustee, Anna Vincent Scholarship Trust; arbitrator, the American Arbitration Association; instructor, Main Line Paralegal Institute; author and lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute; lecturer, Dickinson Law Forum; member, board of directors, Big Brothers and Sisters of Philadelphia (President 1996-98) and panel member of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Mr. Whitelaw has been named in Best Lawyers in America from 1995 to the present and "Ten Leaders of Greater Philadelphia Matrimonial and Divorce Law" (2005-2006).  He is named as one of Pennsylvania's "Super Lawyers" as listed in both the Philadelphia magazine (June 2006; June 2005; June 2004) and the Law and Politics Magazine, "Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2006" and 2004-2005 editions. He is also listed as one of the Top 100 Philadelphia attorneys and Top 100 Pennsylvania attorneys (2004-2006).

Mr. Whitelaw is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.