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Robert Dove

GW Congressional Professor - Legislative Process (PSC 286)
Contract Attorney, Patton Boggs

ROBERT B. DOVE, Parliamentarian Emeritus, served for 36 years as the United States Senate's "referee." Since his retirement in May, 2001, he has served of counsel to Washington's largest law firm, Patton Boggs, has been named Congressional Chair at George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management, and joined the faculty of the Georgetown University Law Center as a senior policy fellow and adjunct professor.

Dr. Dove is the author of articles and chapters on congressional procedure including sections of the Encyclopedia of Congress, and "Enactment of a Law: Procedural Steps in the Legislative Process." He has acted as parliamentary consultant to numerous foreign government entities such as the Russian Duma, the Yemen Parliament, the Kuwait Parliament, the Bulgarian Legislature, and the Polish Legislature. He has served as the Parliamentarian for the Republican Platform Committee at several Republican National Conventions.

Dr. Dove earned a BA from The Ohio State University, an MA and a PhD from Duke University, and a JD from Georgetown University.