Robert M. Hess, President and a founding member of Sachs & Hess, P.C., practices primarily in the areas of Family Law; Personal Injury; and Business Law.  He received his B.S. from Indiana University in 1961 and his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1966.  He served in the United States Army as a First Lieutenant from 1961 to 1963.  He was admitted to the Indiana and Illinois Bars in 1966.  He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Northern District of Indiana, and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Hess is a member of the Lake County Bar Association and the Indiana Bar Association.  During his thirty-five years of practice, he has been a guest speaker on Family Law for the Lake County Bar Association and the Indiana Bar Association.  Mr. Hess has served the community for over three decades, providing quality legal services to the many clients he has represented, including: working families, businesses and corporations, doctors, lawyers, judges, and other professionals.  Mr. Hess has been lead counsel in numerous cases where the marital estates involved multi-millions of dollars.