Robert Gordon of Straloch Archbishop Spottiswoode's "History of the Church of Scotland", and translated into Latin the controversy between John Knox and Wolfram, sub-prior of St. Andrews. A critical letter of his on Scottish historians, which he addressed to the antiquarian David Buchanan, is inserted in Leyland's "Collectanea"; some of his poems have been printed in Bishop Forbes' "Funerales" (Aberdeen, 1635). Robert Gordon married in 1608, Catherine, daughter of Alexander Irvine of Lenturk, by whom he had nine sons and six daughters. He died in 1661, and was interred in the family burial place at New Machar on 6 September. A portrait of him,
Robert J. Gordon (lawyer) Robert J. Gordon (lawyer) Robert J. Gordon is an American trial lawyer. He is Weitz & Luxenberg’s chief trial lawyer and partner. He has tried 70 mass tort cases involving asbestos, Vioxx, Rezulin, and silicone gel breast implants, obtaining jury verdicts totaling $405,741,511 with a case average of $5,796,307. He lectures nationally and has published numerous articles on various aspects of complex litigation. Formerly an assistant district attorney in the felony jury unit of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and an adjunct professor at Temple University, Mr. Gordon was honored by the National Law Journal in 1995 as one of