About Robert
Robert Langer's legal career stretches back to the early 1970s. He earned his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1973 after completing an A.B. in Government and Philosophy at Franklin & Marshall College in 1966. Those academic foundations led quickly into public service and then into private practice.
He began public practice in Connecticut, joining the Connecticut Lawyer General's Office as an Assistant Lawyer General in 1973. Early work in a state legal office gave him exposure to government litigation and regulatory questions. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Second Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and the Connecticut bar.
In 1994 he became a partner at Wiggin and Dana LLP. Over the ensuing decades he has handled matters that cross corporate, regulatory and litigation lines. His professional involvement includes roles that intersect with antitrust law and health care regulation. He serves as Co-Chair of the Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project in the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section and sits on the Board of Editors for Matthew Bender Antitrust Report. He is also a member of the American Health Lawyers Association.
Teaching has been a steady thread through his career. In 1979 he taught in the UConn School of Business MBA program. He returned to legal education as an adjunct at UConn School of Law in 2014 and again taught as an adjunct at Quinnipiac University School of Law in 2021. Those stints in the classroom have run alongside his practice, bringing practical courtroom and regulatory experience into academic settings.
His professional affiliations include fellowship in the American Bar Foundation and membership in the Connecticut Bar Foundation’s James W. Cooper Fellows Program. He remains active in the Connecticut Bar Association and participates in national antitrust circles through the ABA. Those memberships reflect long-standing engagement in bar and policy work rather than a single narrow focus.
Colleagues describe a lawyer comfortable in both litigation and advisory roles. He has a record of editing and contributing to technical antitrust literature through editorial work and project leadership. He continues as a partner at Wiggin and Dana LLP where his practice centers on antitrust and health law matters.
