Prominent area attorney, firm storyteller and mentor, dies

Robert 'Doc' Benjamin moved to Sarasota in 1988 to work for Williams Parker.

By Business Observer Staff
| 8:23 a.m. October 15, 2018
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John Moore admits he was a bit intimidated, if not afraid, the first time he met Robert “Doc” Benjamin.

That was in 1991. Moore was a new lawyer at Williams Parker in Sarasota. Benjamin had been there since 1988. But more than a few years of firm seniority, Benjamin brought serious legal chops. He had previously practiced law for 15 years in New York City, where he was also an adjunct professor at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law.