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Bob Weber is IBM’s Senior Vice President, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, and General Counsel. He joined IBM in January 2006 and reports to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sam Palmisano. Bob is responsible for IBM’s global legal, security, privacy and compliance activities and policies.
Prior to joining IBM, Bob practiced law with Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue in Cleveland, Ohio for over 29 years. In private practice he represented many substantial international businesses, including IBM, in highly visible and complex controversies. While in private practice, Bob was listed in The Best Lawyers in America, The Chambers Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and was recognized on two separate occasions by The National Law Journal for having tried a case selected as one of the top ten defense verdicts of the year.
Bob is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is also a member of the American Law Institute and the Council for the United States and Italy. In 1995-96, he served as President of the Cleveland Bar Association, and established the Bar Association’s Juvenile Justice Initiative, a project for which he and the Cleveland Bar received the Ohio State Bar Association’s highest award for public service. He is a former Treasurer and Trustee of United Way Services of Cleveland.
Bob is a graduate of Yale College (1972) and Duke Law School (1976), and is a member of the New York and Ohio bars.
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