Robert Wiygul graduated cum laude from Millsaps College in 1981, and received his law degree cum laude from the University of Mississippi in 1984. While at law school he was the Editor in Chief of the Mississippi Law Journal. After graduation, he clerked for Judge W. Eugene Davis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and later practiced with the firm of Gordon, Arata, McCollam and Duplantis in New Orleans, specializing in natural resources and commercial litigation.
In 1990, Robert was the Burlington Northern Fellow in Natural Resources Law at the University of Colorado School of Law. From 1990 to 2001 he was employed by the Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund (formerly the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund), most recently as the managing attorney of its Rocky Mountain office in Denver, Colorado.
Mr. Wiygul is currently the resident partner in the Mississippi office of Waltzer & Wiygul, which specializes in environmental and trial practice. He is a member of the Louisiana, Mississippi and Colorado bars, and a frequent writer and speaker on environmental law, including the law of the Outer Continental Shelf. Mr. Wiygul represents individuals and non-profits nationwide.
