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Areas of Practice: Litigation

Law School: Marquette University, J.D. cum laude, 2002

Undergraduate: Kenyon College, B.A. in Political Science, 1999

Robert (also known as Eli among family and friends) joined the firm in August 2002, and has been involved in the firm’s complex litigation practice, including securities fraud and derivative shareholder litigation, privacy statutes, false advertising, unfair competition, patent litigation and class actions.  Specifically, he actively participated in numerous aspects of two large securities fraud class actions.  Eli is licensed in the State of Ohio, the State of Wisconsin and in the United States District Courts for the Southern District of Ohio and Eastern District of Wisconsin.  Eli is also a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association and the American Bar Association.  As an active member of the Dayton Bar Association and the Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court, Eli serves as a member of the Membership and Development Committee of the Dayton Bar Association and the Dayton Young Professionals Association.

In addition to his complex litigation practice, Eli regularly volunteers with the Dayton Chapter of the Volunteer Lawyers Project representing clients unable to afford legal counsel in civil disputes.  Additionally, Eli has been appointed to represent several indigent defendants in criminal cases on a pro bono basis and was one of the first participants in the firm's unique program with the Montgomery County Public Defender's Office.  As a result of his experience in that program, Eli not only handled cases, preliminary hearings, suppression hearings and other aspects of the criminal justice system, but also successfully tried a murder case to a lesser included verdict.  As part of his pro bono representation, Eli successfully argued before the Second District Court of Appeals, which reversed the trial court's sentence. 

Eli is a longtime resident of the greater Dayton area.  He is a 2002 graduate, cum laude, of Marquette University Law School and a 1999 graduate of Kenyon College. While at Marquette University Law School Eli served as Executive Editor of the Marquette Sports Law Review and was actively involved in student government serving as Treasurer. 

Eli is admitted to practice in Ohio and Wisconsin.

Email: Robert Kiefaber

Online Publications:

• A Call for Action: Federal Anti-Pretexting Law Needed - October 2006 [pdf]
• An Overview of the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 - August 2006 [pdf]