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Robert Bilott

1965 - Today

Robert Bilott

Robert Bilott (born August 2, 1965) is an American environmental attorney from Cincinnati, Ohio. Bilott is known for the lawsuits against DuPont on behalf of plaintiffs injured by chemical waste dumped in rural communities in West Virginia. Bilott has spent more than twenty years litigating hazardous dumping of the chemicals perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS). They were unregulated as industry had never publicly identified them as having known hazardous effects, despite internal studies showing these results. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Bilott is the 59th most popular lawyer (down from 50th in 2024), the 4,571st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,941st in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Robert Bilott ranks 59 out of 136. Before him are Alfenus Varus, Heinrich Marx, Hans von Dohnanyi, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, Hans Litten, and Radhabinod Pal. After him are William J. Brennan Jr., Alan Dershowitz, Lucius Cincius Alimentus, Henry de Bracton, Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, and Karl Binding.

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Alfenus Varus
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 53
Heinrich Marx
1777 - 1838
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 54
Hans von Dohnanyi
1902 - 1945
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 55
Peter Yorck von Wartenburg
1904 - 1944
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 56
Hans Litten
1903 - 1938
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 57
Radhabinod Pal
1886 - 1967
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 58
Robert Bilott
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 59
William J. Brennan Jr.
1906 - 1997
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 60
Alan Dershowitz
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 61
Lucius Cincius Alimentus
300 BC - Present
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 62
Henry de Bracton
1210 - 1268
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 63
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
1905 - 1944
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 64
Karl Binding
1841 - 1920
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 65

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Robert Bilott ranks 128. Before him are David Barnea, Ignatius Aphrem II, Jon Cryer, Kyra Sedgwick, Svetlana Medvedeva, and Mario Lemieux. After him are Marlee Matlin, José Tolentino de Mendonça, Damien Hirst, Chris Penn, Quique Sánchez Flores, and Mazinho Oliveira.

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David Barnea
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 122
Ignatius Aphrem II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 123
Jon Cryer
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 124
Kyra Sedgwick
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 125
Svetlana Medvedeva
POLITICIAN
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 126
Mario Lemieux
HOCKEY PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 127
Robert Bilott
LAWYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 128
Marlee Matlin
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 129
José Tolentino de Mendonça
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 130
Damien Hirst
ARTIST
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 131
Chris Penn
ACTOR
1965 - 2006
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 132
Quique Sánchez Flores
SOCCER PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 133
Mazinho Oliveira
SOCCER PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 134