About Robert S.
Robert S. Miyashita began his path to the law after studying biology and speech psychology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He went on to study law in Florida, completing legal studies at both Florida Coastal School of Law and Florida State University College of Law, where he earned his juris doctorate. Those academic years combined a scientific undergraduate base with rigorous legal training.
Miyashita's early legal work was rooted in the courts. In 2007 he served as a law clerk for the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals and for judges in the state circuit and criminal divisions. He spent 2008 clerking at Barker & Barker, P.A., and worked as staff counsel for a national insurer. In 2009 he took appellate and federal clerkship posts, serving the Florida Supreme Court under Chief Justice Ricky L. Polston and working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida in Jacksonville.
After those clerkships he moved into private practice. He joined Romano Law Group as a lawyer in 2012. Five years later he became a partner at Bickerton Law Group LLLP, where he handled a range of litigation matters. In 2023 he left to open a firm with a colleague, taking on the role of founding partner at Miyashita & O Steen, LLLC.
Miyashita maintains active standing in multiple jurisdictions. He is admitted in Hawaii and Florida, and he is admitted to practice in several federal districts, including the District of Hawaii and the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida. He is a member of The Florida Bar and the Hawaii State Bar Association, and he holds memberships in the Western Trial Lawyers Association, the Palm Beach County Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Florida Justice Association.
The arc of his career shows a mix of appellate exposure, insurer-side experience, and trial-level practice. Those threads recur in his work: appellate research and briefing from early clerkships, courtroom experience developed through private litigation roles, and claims handling from his time as staff counsel.
He now leads a small firm created in 2023 and continues to handle matters in both state and federal courts. His current practice centers on litigation across Florida and Hawaii, drawing on both appellate and trial experience.
