Robert M. Carson combines extensive experience in business transactions with a recognized expertise and history of results in complex litigation. He has been acknowledged for this rare cross section of skills by Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers as well as an AV rating peer review by the Martindale Hubbell national legal directory. Most importantly, clients have sought him out to help solve their most difficult problems.

Mr. Carson’s practice focuses on real estate, land use, finance and entity creation, operation, acquisitions, dispositions and governance. He represents business interests in Michigan, throughout the United States, and internationally. Through his long and distinguished career, he has achieved noteworthy results for clients, including many landmark legal rulings. He is known for his creative approach, which frequently yields value added settlements and significant money judgments.

Mr. Carson is one of the founding members of Carson Fischer and serves as its managing partner.

• State Bar of Michigan
• State Bar of California
• Detroit Bar Association
• Oakland County Bar Association
• The American Inns of Court, Oakland County Circuit Court, Michigan Chapter
• American Bar Association

• Member, 2009 Merit Selection Panel to Reappoint Magistrate - USDC ED Mi.
• Faculty Member, Detroit Chapter Federal Bar Association, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan Trial Advocacy Workshop, 1991
• Life Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation
• Life Fellow, Oakland County Bar Foundation
• Board of Visitors, Wayne State University Law School,
• Director, Michigan National Bank - Oakland, 1982-1989

• "Developing and Evaluating Business Appraisal" at "Divorce: State of the Art Issues," Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, 1988
• "The Zoning Game," Urban Land Institute, Detroit District Council, 1999
• "Sandstone v Novi: The Epilogue," Real Property Law Section, State Bar of Michigan Summer Conference, 2004
• "Municipal Approvals: Cooperation or Confrontation?" the University of Michigan and Urban Land Institute 14th Annual Real Estate Forum, 2000

• America's Top 100 Attorneys in Michigan, 2024
• Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating, 1979-2024
• Martindale-Hubbell Leading Lawyers™ Peer Selected, 2018, 2023 and 2024
• Martindale-Hubbell Leading Lawyers in Michigan Real Estate Law, 2023 - 2024
• Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys, 2015 - 2023
• America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators, 2020
• Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2007 - 2025 editions in the field of Commercial Litigation
• DBusiness, "The Detroit 500", 2018 - 2024
• DBusiness, "Top Lawyers in Metropolitan Detroit", 2010 - 2020 and 2023
• AVVO Rated Top Lawyer 2023 - 2024
• Recognized as one of the Most Awarded Lawyers, 2023
• Selected to America's Most Honored Lawyers - Top 1%, 2020 - 2024
• Selected to America's Most Honored Professionals - Top 1%, 2016 - 2019
• Selected to Martindale-Hubbell Leading Lawyers in Michigan Closely & Privately Held Business Law 2024
• Selected to Martindale-Hubbell, Top Rated Lawyers in Litigation, 2015
• Selected to Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Attorney - Judicial Edition, 2017 - 2019
• Selected to ALM, Top Rated Litigator 2023
• Selected to Super Lawyers, Top Attorneys in Michigan, 2006 - 2024
• Selected to America's Top 100 Attorneys in Michigan 2022 - 2023
• Selected to America's Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators® for 2019 - 2023
• Selected to ALM Midwest Top Rated Lawyers 2021 - 2023