Robert G. Simses
Partner

Bob has been specializing in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, estate taxation, and real estate for over thirty years.

Bob received a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University in 1968. From 1968 to 1971 he served on active duty as a member of the Naval Administrative Unit at the White House in Washington D.C. Bob received his Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1974, a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University School of Law in 1979; and a Master of Laws in Estate Planning from the University of Miami School of Law in 1981. Bob is admitted to the practice of law in Florida and Connecticut.

Prior to forming the law firm of Simses & Associates, Bob served as a Senior Tax Law Specialist with the Office of Chief Counsel in the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C. He served in that capacity from 1975 to 1980. In 1981 Bob joined the Connecticut-based law firm of Cummings & Lockwood. In 1995 he became the partner-in-charge of its Palm Beach office. In 2001 he left the firm to start his own law practice.

Bob is a Director of NYMAGIC, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange insurance company. He is also a member of the Board of Director’s Executive Committee, Finance Committee, and Underwriting Committee. Bob is President, Chief Operating Officer, and a Director of The William H. Pitt Foundation. The Foundation is a private charitable organization established to provide educational scholarships to students and grants to schools and other organizations that help promote education. Bob is also a Director of The Palm Beach Day Academy, a co-educational elementary/middle school located in Palm Beach, Florida. In addition, he is a Trustee of the Louise B. Blackman Tollefson Family Foundation and a Trustee of the Elayne & Donald Flamm Foundation.

Bob is a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, East Coast Estate Planning Council, and the Florida Bar Association.

Bob and his wife and law partner, Mary, live in Palm Beach with their daughter, Morgan.

 You can e-mail Bob at rsimses@simseslaw.com.