Rob Kientz

Rob Kientz was born in 1966 in Springfield, Missouri, and he grew up in Topeka, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Chemical Engineering with honors, and was president of AIChE and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. Rob graduated from the University of Texas law school in 1997.

Rob worked for five years as a design engineer and marketing analyst for Vista Chemical in Houston, Texas. At Vista, Rob served at various chemical plants throughout the country in designing new processes, designing experiments and statistical process controls, performing Hazard & Operability (HAZOP) & Hazard Analysis (HAZAN) studies.  Rob also worked as a Marketing Systems Administrator, Surfactants Business Area Analyst and Acquisitions Analyst.

Rob attended the University of Texas law school where he was the Mock Trial and ADR Director on the Board of Advocates and successfully competed in various mock trial, moot court, ADR and Negotiations competitions.

Rob completed internships for the Honorable Justice Myers, Justice of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, for the District Attorney of Austin, Texas, and for for intellectual property firm Richards, Medlock and Andrews, L.L.P. and construction litigation firm Wetzel, Henri and Drucker, L.L.P.

After working for a construction litigation boutique firm for two years, Rob became a founding law partner with Mike Hissey working on various mass tort cases involving mesothelioma, asbestos, silica, benzene, Vioxx, hormone therapy, the Ortho Evra patch, ReNu contact lens solution, Zyprexa, recalled heart devices, recalled Kugel hernia patches, gadolinium and other recalled or dangerous drugs and devices.

Rob is a member of the Plaintiff’s Executive Committee over consolidated Ortho Evra cases brought in California.  He  is also a member of the Heart Device Litigation Group, the Vioxx Litigation Group, the Hormone Therapy Litigation group, the Ortho Evra Litigation Group, the ReNu Litigation group, and the Zyprexa Litigation group of the American Association for Justice.  Rob and his firm have won hundreds of millions dollars in damages and settlements on behalf of his clients.

Rob participates in his own and the firm’s charitable efforts including the National Mesothelioma Foundation, Magic Carpet Foundation, Planet Cancer Foundation, March of Dimes, Austin Women’s Advocacy Project, AP Lifeworks, Caritas of Austin, Charitable Ladies Foundation, Easter Seals of Central Texas, American Cancer Society and the Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation.

In addition, he is a member of the American Association for Justice, Leaders Forum and the State Bar of Texas. He is licensed to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.