About Robert Pinkiert

Robert S. Pinkiert is a Partner at Bernheim Kelley Car Accident & Personal Injury Lawyers, with more than 30 years of experience in personal injury law. He has managed and resolved thousands of cases involving serious injuries or death from automobile accidents, medical malpractice, security negligence, and premises negligence.

Pinkiert first gained significant recognition for his role in The Estate of Bobby Kent v. Puccio, et al. (1993), a landmark South Florida case in which he represented the family of a teenager murdered by his friends in a civil lawsuit against the parents of the teenage perpetrators. In another notable auto negligence case, his team secured the largest verdict in state history for an automobile accident case - a $23.5 million damage award.

Pinkiert earned his J.D. from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center and his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Florida in 1988.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Bernheim Kelley, LLC

These results are credited to Bernheim Kelley, LLC. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Suffolk County jury awarded $200 million in October 2023, the largest wrongful death award in Boston history, against R.J. Reynolds for the lung cancer death of Rita Jones, who first received free Newport cigarettes as a teenager in 1964.

Suffolk County Superior Court, Boston, MA · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Boston jury awarded $21 million to the widow of a Lynn man who died of lung cancer after taking up smoking at 13, when a salesman handed him a free pack of Marlboros, with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirming the verdict in full in 2021.

Suffolk Superior Court, Boston, MA · 2019Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law
B.S. Business Administration
University of Florida
Undergraduate, 1988

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida (Bar No. 893382)

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.