Robert Daley

Bob Daley is a proud graduate of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University graduating cum laude in 1998.  While in Law School, Bob was a published author in the Duquesne University Law Review and competed on the school’s trial moot court teams.  Since law school, Bob has worked at Robert Peirce & Associates in Pittsburgh, first as an associate and then as a partner beginning in 2006.  Bob now is one of the heads of the firm’s litigation department which consists of 15 lawyers and dozens of support staff.  Bob takes a simple approach to the practice of law—always put each client’s interest first. He believes in treating every client with respect and dignity and in working hard to see that justice is done. Bob’s 20 years of experience have given him a unique ability to see the big picture in any case and to anticipate outcomes before they occur. He has produced groundbreaking changes to national health care law and asbestos law through more than 20 appellate arguments before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court of West Virginia, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. In daily practice, Bob manages and litigates nursing home cases, asbestos cases, complex litigation, and class actions and has recovered more than $100 million dollars for his clients through negotiating settlements and winning verdicts.

Over the past two decades, Bob has been working at the forefront of Nursing Home Litigation in the United States. Throughout his career, Bob has been dedicated to preserving and expanding the Constitutional Right to Trial by Jury, a bedrock principle of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Through his appellate advocacy, Bob has opened the Courthouse doors to people who previously were denied the right to Trial by Jury, and in doing so has ensured that a fundamental right of our society is both preserved and respected.

Bob contributes to educating future lawyers as an adjunct professor at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University where he has taught Trial Advocacy since 2016 and has coached trial moot court teams since 2014.  He is a proud recipient of the school’s Fall 2020 Adjunct Professor of the Year!

He is a member of the American Bar Association, Allegheny County Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, and Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. He is an elected member of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County. He serves on the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, was formerly the Chair of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Nursing Home Litigation Group, where he also previously served as its parliamentarian and treasurer. Bob has been both a Regional and National Coordinator of the AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition, coordinating regional competition for seven years and the National Competition on one occasion.

Bob has been married to Danielle, his patient wife since 1997, had 3 sons, and a motley collection of dogs (currently 7) and cats (currently 3).  That’s way too many (pets, not kids), but he loves them all.

• J.D., Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University (cum laude)
• B.S., University of Dayton