Robert Showers helped start Simms Showers LLP in 2002 (originally only a Baltimore-based law firm but now with four offices in Leesburg, Baltimore, Williamsburg, and Winchester) as a principal and managing partner; he currently heads up the Northern Virginia/Metropolitan D.C. office in Leesburg, VA.
His practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation and church, nonprofit, and business law. He regularly handles numerous lawsuits for and against churches, nonprofits, and small businesses, representing them on corporate, risk management, tax-exempt, liability, land use, intellectual property, construction, and employment issues (EPL, D&O, and Media Liability) to defend against current litigation and avoid future problems.
Showers has served hundreds of churches, denominations, and nonprofits nationwide throughout his career, including the Southern Baptist Convention, the Assemblies of God, the Presbyterian Church of America, Americans United for Life, and Youth With a Mission. Prior to entering private practice in 1989, Showers served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General and served as Executive Director of the National Obscenity Enforcement Unit (NOEU), later called the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), within the US Department of Justice.
Showers sits on numerous boards. He serves as past president on the national board of directors of Christian Legal Society, and as chairman of Gateway Community Church. He previously served as a member of the Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee.
Showers earned his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1980. He earned his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University in 1977.
He has been married for over 40 years and has three wonderful daughters and three grandchildren.
