Robert L. Visnick

Bob’s legal practice focuses on real estate, elder law, estate planning, and probate administration. He has been serving the Cape Ann community for over 29 years. Raised on Cape Ann, Bob has deep roots in the community. He was the Rockport Town Moderator and was a corporate member of the Board of Directors of the Education Foundation of Rockport, former director of Temple Ahavat Achim, and Rockport Housing Partnership. He is a past President of the Rockport Rotary Club and was on the Board of Governors, serving as Vice-Commodore of the Sandy Bay Yacht Club. He is a member of the Real Estate Bar for Massachusetts.  He is also a member of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and is a past director of the Rockport Division of the Chamber and member of the Government Affairs Committee. He is a past president and one of the founding members of the Cape Ann Referral Group. He is a 1984 graduate, cum laude, of Suffolk University Law School, where he attended the evening division while teaching high school science during the day.

Attorney Visnick serves not only his community, but has served  his country as well.  He is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps, having been a prosecutor, defense counsel, military judge, and educator.  He was an adjunct faculty member of the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies and has taught seminars to senior military and civilian leaders in Senegal, Mali, and Belarus in the areas of the law of armed conflict, international law, and the Law of the Sea.  Lt Col Visnick is a National Institute of Trial Advocacy certified instructor.

Bob started in practice in the Navy JAG Corps in 1985. While on active duty, he was a prosecutor, defense counsel, disability law advisor, and legal assistance attorney.  He was an instructor at the Naval Justice School in Newport, Rhode Island where he taught evidence, criminal law and trial practice. After moving to the Air Force in 1998, Bob served at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, working on acquisition law and ethics. He was also an adjunct instructor in the Estate Planning Division of the Air Force Academy.