ROBERT S. WILLOUGHBY is a Partner at J Supple Law, PC. He is an experienced trial attorney who, since 1997, has dedicated his legal career to the representation of health care providers in a variety of contexts, primarily the defense of complex medical negligence lawsuits involving catastrophic injuries. Mr. Willoughby is also experienced in handling medical board and nursing board matters, premises liability claims and hospital staff issues. A native San Franciscan, Mr. Willoughby moved to Marin County with his family at the age of seven. While in the eighth grade at Ross School, he won numerous awards and commendations for rescuing two elderly residents from a burning home near the school. After graduating high school from The Branson School, Mr. Willoughby attended the University of California Berkeley, where he double-majored in Political Science and Mass Communications. The son of a respected journalist and press secretary, Mr. Willoughby initially worked in local and national politics for four years before attending the University of San Francisco School of Law. While at USF Law, he won a Best Oral Argument award and served as a Judicial Extern to Justice Timothy A. Reardon at the California Court of Appeal. Mr. Willoughby joined J Supple Law in 2025 after 28 years at the Hassard Bonnington law firm where he was a Partner and tried several cases to verdict. These included a defense trial verdict on behalf of a neurologist and university hospital in a four-week trial involving $41.18 million in claimed damages and a defense trial verdict on behalf of a university hospital in a lawsuit alleging severe neurologic injuries due to a failure to timely diagnose compartment syndrome.
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