Robert B. Hirsch

FN:Robert Hirsch

Robert B. Hirsch hirsch.robert@arentfox.com Counsel

Robert B. Hirsch Arent Fox LLP: Robert B. Hirsch, Attorney, Business Transactions, Securities, Litigation,
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Robert B. Hirsch
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Robert B. Hirsch

Counsel
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A partner of the firm since 1956, Bob Hirsch has developed a practice focusing on commercial law, securities law, and related litigation.
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Bob has been active in a diverse array of professional, civic, and educational organizations. Currently, he is chairman emeritus of the board of advisors to the Dean of The George Washington University Law School and has served as vice chairman of The George Washington University's Centuries Campaign. In the community, he has served on the boards of numerous charitable organizations.

Publications, Presentations and Recognitions

At The George Washington University, Bob was a member of the board of editors of the law review.
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Bob is married, has five children and eight grandchildren. Bob's outside interests include opera, classical music and reading. He enjoys his grandchildren's growth, life passages, scholastic achievements, and instrumental music, singing, acting, chess and athletic activities. Bob is also significantly involved in the Washington Jewish community. He has served as advisor to the United Jewish Endowment Fund; Trustee to the Greater Washington Jewish Community Foundation; Director of The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, the United Cerebral Palsy of Washington, and the Washington School of Psychiatry; Secretary to the Greater Washington Jewish Community Foundation; and he is a past president of Temple Emanuel. He is general counsel to the District of Columbia Jewish Community Center and has served as general counsel to The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.

Washington , D.C. ( October 30 , 1995 ) -- In honor of a lifetime of community involvement and volunteerism , Washingtonians Rosalyn and Robert B. Hirsch will receive the B'nai B'rith Humanitarian Award on Tuesday , November 14 , 1995 at the downtown Park Hyatt Hotel.

An attorney for Arent , Fox , Kintner , Plotkin and Kahn , Robert presently serves as chairman of the Board of Advisors of the George Washington University Law School -- his alma mater -- and heads its Centuries Campaign.Robert has sat on the boards of the United Jewish Appeal/Federation , the District of Columbia Jewish Community Center , the Greater Washington Jewish Endowment Fund , the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School and the Greater Washington Jewish Community Foundation.Additionally , Robert is involved helping the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation , the Washington Performing Arts Society and the D.C. affiliate of the American Heart Association of which he was recently selected chairman-elect.

A psychotherapist in private practice , Rosalyn began her volunteer career with B'nai B'rith Women and later as an advisor to the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization.Often volunteering her expertise to the community , Rosalyn is working to provide mental health consultants to D.C. public schools and has coordinated a Jewish Family Life Education program for the Jewish Social Service Agency.Rosalyn has also devoted much of her time to furthering the missions of the Greater Washington Jewish Community Center , the District of Columbia Jewish Community Center , the United Jewish Appeal/Federation and Capital Camps ( she is currently their treasurer ).Rosalyn is a faculty member of the Washington School of Psychiatry and is on the boards of the Women , Gender and Psychoanalysis Section ( Division 39 ) of the American Psychological Association.

The Hirsch's have five children -- Noah , Alene , Andrew , Carolyn and Henry -- and five grandchildren -- Marcia , Sarah , Zoe , Elana and Sam.

The B'nai B'rith Foundation of the United States has hosted the Humanitarian Award Dinner since 1961.