About Robert L.
Robert L. Cullen studied history and liberal arts at Bucknell University and earned his J.D. from Quinnipiac University School of Law. He followed a straightforward course into the Pennsylvania bar and into an active role in local legal communities. His academic background gave him a foundation in concise legal writing and case analysis that he has relied on throughout his career.
Cullen's professional life has been anchored in Pennsylvania. He joined the Pennsylvania Bar and the Philadelphia Bar Association in 1994 and soon aligned his practice with areas of law that touch working people directly. Over the years he has developed steady involvement in workers' compensation and disability matters, representing claimants in administrative hearings and related proceedings at the state and federal levels.
Beginning in 2009 Cullen expanded his public-facing roles by accepting panel positions. He has served as a panel lawyer for Union Plus, Philaposh and the Pennsylvania Federation of Injured Workers since that year. Those appointments put him in contact with unions, advocacy groups and individuals who need routine counseling and representation in disability and benefits disputes. Two years later he joined social security disability committees in both Philadelphia and Bucks County, where he has been a member since 2010.
Cullen's bar and association work runs alongside committee assignments at the county level. He is active in the Bucks County Bar Association and participates in that group's Workers' Compensation Section and Lawyer Referral & Information Services Committee. He remains involved with the Philadelphia Bar Association and its Workers' Compensation Section, and he has been a member of the Philadelphia Bar's Ethics Committee since 2009. Those roles have kept him connected to procedural developments, professional responsibility issues, and local court practice.
Colleagues describe Cullen as steady in the courtroom and methodical in preparing administrative filings. He favors careful factual development. He tends to take cases through the administrative process and to handle appeals when necessary. His practice draws on long-term membership in both county and city bar groups, and on decades of exposure to workers' compensation and disability systems in Pennsylvania.
He practices law in Pennsylvania and maintains active memberships in state and local bar organizations that reflect his regular work in benefits and workplace injury matters. He handles Social Security disability claims and workers' compensation matters as his current practice focus.
