Robert Gobelman, '58: Retires from The Florida Bar After 59 Years

Robert Gobelman retires from Marks Gray

Robert Gobelman, of counsel at Marks Gray, retired Oct. 27 from The Florida Bar.

He and his wife, Mary Bland Love, joined Marks Gray in 2011 along with other members of the firm Gobelman, Love, Wasilenko and Kendall.

A news release from Marks Gray refers to Gobelman’s “distinguished career defending complex litigation in state and federal courts in the areas of business and corporate law, insurance law, and product and professional liability.”

A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and an Army veteran of the Korean War, he graduated with honors in 1955 from Wittenburg University in Springfield, Ohio.

Gobelman then attended the University of Chicago Law School on a full scholarship, graduating in 1958.

He moved to Jacksonville and joined Osborne, Copp, Markham and Ehrlich, which merged to form Matthews, Osborne, Ehrlich, McNatt, Gobelman & Cobb. That’s where he met Love. The couple formed their own firm, Gobelman & Love, on April 1, 1988.

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