SIMMS SHOWERS LLP                                             Home    Lawyers and Staff   Offices

      ______________

H. Robert Showers Principal D.C. Metro Office Leesburg, Virginia Main Telephone No.: 703.771.4671 Fax No.: 703.771.4681 Mobile No.: 571.213.7633 hrshowers@simmsshowers.com

Mr. Showers is a principal of the firm, and is responsible for the operation of the D.C. Metro office located in Leesburg, Virginia. His practice concentrations include commercial and civil litigation, personal injury, non-profit and church law, alternative dispute resolution, preventive law, constitutional law, and employment law. Before joining Simms Showers, Mr. Showers was a principal in the firm of Gammon & Grange, P.C., where he was in charge of the litigation department.

Memberships

Member of the Bars of Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia and North Carolina. Also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Seventh, and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina, Eastern District of Virginia, District of Columbia, and District of Maryland; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; and U.S. Court of Military Appeals.

Education

Wake Forest University (B.A., cum laude, 1977; J.D., 1980); Wake Forest Law Review, Member (1979-1980). Moot Court Board Justice (1979-80).

Professional Affiliations

Founder of the National Law Center for Children and Families (1991); serves as Legal Counsel to the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families (1989-present) and the Religious Alliance Against Pornography (1989-present); Board Member, Christian Legal Society (1994-present); Vice Chair, Center for Law and Religious Freedom; Trustee, Christian Life Commission, Southern Baptist Convention (1990-1996); National Law Center for Children and Families (1991-present).

Background

Westmoreland, Sawyer & Miller, (1980-1981); U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina: Assistant U.S. Attorney (Federal Prosecutor) (1982-1983), Chief of Civil Division (1983-1986); U.S. Department of Justice: Special Assistant to the Attorney General (1986-1987), Executive Director, National Obscenity Enforcement Unit (1987-1988), Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General (1988); National Law Center for Children and Families: Founder & President (1990-1994), General Counsel (1994–); Author: Regulation of Pornography, 21 Wake Forest Law Review 263 (1986), Child Sexual Exploitation and Pornography: A Guide to Prosecutors (NLC, 1995); Co-Author: Don’t Touch That Dial--Media’s Impact on Children and Families (Huntington House, 1993), Child Exploitation and Pornography Reference Manual (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 1993); Obscenity and Racketeering Law Workbook (NLC, 1995); Sexually Oriented Business Law Workbook (NLC, 1995); North Carolina Task Force on Organized Crime, Pornography and Child Abuse: Chairman (1984-1986). Gammon & Grange, P.C.(1989-2002), Shareholder, Management Team (1995-2001) Managing Shareholder (1997-1999).