Robert T. Harper

Robert T. Harper

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Robert T. Harper represents for profit and nonprofit entities in acquisition transactions, general business and corporate matters. In business affairs, he counsels corporations, boards and other entities in acquisitions, sales, financings and reorganizations.
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Education

  • J.D., 1979
    Duke University
  • B.A., summa cum laude, 1976
    Duke University, Phi Beta Kappa

Services/Industries

Robert was an attorney with Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling when it joined Buchanan in 2006. There, he served on the firm's board of directors, was the vice president of administration, co-chairman of the firm's Corporate practice group and chairman of its Health Law practice group.

He also advises hospitals, health maintenance organizations, managed care entities and other providers in a variety of health care matters. He serves as co-chair of the firm's Health Care Section.

Robert has been listed for 10 consecutive years in The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law and Health Law. He is a frequent speaker for the American Bar Association, the National Institute on Mergers and Acquisitions and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute on corporate law matters, including business acquisitions and takeovers and a variety of health care matters. Since 2006, he has been consistently selected to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® list.

Civic & Charitable

  • Duke University Libraries, past chair, Board of Advisors
  • Duke University Alumni Association, past president
  • Duke University, former trustee
  • Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, chairman of the board of trustees
  • Westminster Presbyterian Church, Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, legal counsel and clerk of session

Affiliations

  • Allegheny County Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Philadelphia County Bar Association
  • Business Law Section, Negotiated Acquisitions Committee, chairman of Task Force on Revisions to Model Stock Purchase Agreement, American Bar Association Section of International Law
  • Advisory board, Health Law Certificate Program, Board of Visitors, adjunct professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
  • American Law Institute

Publications & Speeches