Robert Bilott

Robert Bilott is, to me, one of the more genuinely heroic figures I have come across. A lawyer who could have spent his career comfortably defending corporations instead spent over twenty years fighting DuPont on behalf of West Virginia communities poisoned by PFOA and PFOS. That choice, to turn against the kind of client most attorneys court, reflects a moral seriousness I find deeply moving. The 2017 Right Livelihood Award only confirms what his record already shows. His story later reached the screen, but what matters is the persistence itself: one stubborn, principled man reshaping how we think about chemical accountability.

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Name (English)

Robert Bilott

Name (Japanese)

ロバート・ビロット

Reading

ろばーと・びろっと

Born

August 2, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Albany, New York, United States

Occupation

lawyer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

University

New College of Florida

Awards & achievements

• 2017 Right Livelihood Award

• Official sitehttps://www.taftlaw.com/people/robert-a-bilott
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Bilott
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42393850

Tags

• New York
• lawyer

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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