Robert Loftus represents clients in business and real estate litigation, serious personal injury matters, and probate and trust administration and litigation. He built that practice deliberately: former judicial law clerk; State of Nevada licensing and securities examiner; defense and plaintiff litigator; general counsel and chief operating officer of a technology company; and Airborne JAG captain in the U.S. Army. Each role added a vantage point the others lacked. Together, they allow Robert to deliver a comprehensive, competitive analysis of every case he accepts.
Most contested matters are decided well before trial, through positioning, evidence development, procedural timing, and an accurate read of how the other side will operate. Robert’s background lets him see each case from all of those angles: how the judge will weigh the motion, how the opposing carrier or company will value its exposure, and how a jury will hear the story if the case is tried. Robert believes in fighting for his clients for as long as the case requires, not in chasing a quick settlement.
Before opening Loftus Law, Robert intentionally orchestrated his legal career across both sides of contested civil litigation and through the courts that decide the outcome, wherein such experiences now allow Robert to provide an objective, experienced case analysis.
Judicial Law Clerk. Robert served as a judicial law clerk in the Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada on both civil and criminal dockets, watching from inside chambers how judges weigh evidence, credibility, and motion practice. A year inside the courthouse remains among the most useful training a litigator can have.
Plaintiff/Defense Litigation and Trials. Robert worked at one of the largest civil litigation defense law firms in the country, an AM Law 100 firm, wherein he handled civil litigation and insurance defense matters representing institutional defendants and carriers. Through that work, Robert learned how defense counsel evaluates exposure, builds defenses, and paces litigation for settlement leverage. Robert handled trial, arbitration, and depositions.
Thereafter, Robert was personally and directly recruited by one of Las Vegas’ premier personal injury firms to handle plaintiff-side injury cases. Robert handled hundreds of personal injury cases, and, due to Robert’s success, that firm had Robert train new attorneys and requested that Robert create a training program.
Being that Robert has worked on both the plaintiff and defense side, Robert knows how the other side values a case, where it will push, and where it will fold — and he leverages that knowledge.
Business Litigation and Probate. Additionally, one of Nevada’s oldest and most established law firms — handling business litigation, probate matters, and estate planning. That work forms the foundation of the firm’s current practice mix: sophisticated civil litigation paired with probate and estate representation built on strategy rather than volume.
Strong Written Advocacy. Across each of those settings, written advocacy has been a recurring strength. Robert served on his law school’s Law Review, and his legal writing has been used by other attorneys as a template.
Trial Practice at Loftus Law. Since opening Loftus Law, Robert has taken, or assisted other firms with, arbitrations and trials, including jury trial. Robert even stepped into an ongoing trial when his client’s then trial counsel could no longer proceed with trial.
Prior to Loftus Law, Robert was successful in financial services, securities regulation, and executive operations.
Specifically, prior to obtaining his law degree, Robet work at Merrill Lynch, a prominent financial institution, where he held FINRA Series 7, 63, and 66 licenses along with Nevada life and health licenses (all now inactive). He later joined the Nevada Secretary of State’s Securities Division as a Licensing and Securities Examiner, handling regulatory and compliance matters involving securities offerings and broker-dealer licensing.
Robert also served as general counsel and chief operating officer of a technology company in the blockchain and infrastructure space, where legal work was inseparable from contracts, risk allocation, financing, staffing, and operational execution. Most business disputes that reach litigation are downstream of operational decisions; running a company before suing or defending one is different from learning about it during a deposition.
Robert served as an officer and attorney in the U.S. Army JAG Corps, stationed at Fort Bragg and Fort Carson, among other posts. He completed both Airborne School — where he conducted solo static-line jumps from C-17 and C-130 aircraft — and Air Assault School, graduating from “The” Sabalauski Air Assault School as Honor Graduate, the recognition given to the top-performing Soldier in the class.
While serving his country, Robert practiced administrative law and national security law, and litigated administrative hearings and courts-martial. The Army instilled discipline, perseverance, and total dedication to the mission. In private practice, the mission is the client.
Robert has spent significant time outside the United States for cultural immersion and study. That work has taken Robert through more than two dozen countries in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, including a legal human rights project in India, wherein Robert spent time at the Indian Supreme Court.