Robert was called to the Jamaican Bar in 2006 having graduated from the Norman Manley Law School in that same year. He holds a Bachelor of Laws, LL.B (Hons.) degree from the University of the West Indies. He is a member of the Litigation department of the firm with a specialty practice in property, succession and real estate disputes. He was a member of the Property department of the firm for three years and his property practice included commercial and residential developments, mortgages, probate, general conveyancing matters and providing advice regarding property ownership and development in Jamaica.

He is the Jamaica Independence (Male) Scholar for the year 2001 awarded to the male student with the second highest Cambridge Advanced Levels score in Jamaica and received the Michael March Memorial Prize from the Norman Manley Law School for outstanding performance in the Law of Remedies.

A member of the Commercial Law, the Social Affairs and the Civil Procedure and Practice Committees of the Jamaican Bar Association, Robert sits on the Board of Directors of the Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning, the Jamaica Intellectual Property Organisation, the Jamaica 4H Clubs and is a Commissioner of the Fair Trading Commision.