Attorney Spotlight – Rob Friedman
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman’s Attorney Spotlight for March is Robert F. Friedman. Rob was a summer associate at Harman Claytor in 2010 and joined the firm when he graduated from law school in 2011. He focuses his practice on Insurance Coverage and teaches Insurance Law as an Adjunct Professor at William & Mary Law School.
1. Where are you from originally? — I was born in New York City and raised in a suburb on Long Island until I went off to college.
2. What is your definition of success? — I ask myself that all the time. I wish I had the grace to know the answer.
3. What is the greatest challenge you have had to overcome in your life thus far? — My dad passed away during my first semester of law school. But I’m very fortunate that I can continue to draw on the lessons he taught me. In that sense, I still feel like I can go to him for advice.
4. What is the most important thing you have learned in the last five years? — Being a parent is very hard but very rewarding.
5. What TV show/movie are you ashamed to admit you love? — I once watched Bluey without my son.
6. What’s something that you’ve always wanted to try or learn? — To be fluent in another language. But it’s been pointed out to me that my English could use some work — so one thing at a time.
