Robert Gardner Wedge (Rob)

Rob Wedge is an associate with King & Spalding's Special Matters and Government Investigations practice. His practice focuses on government and internal investigations, white-collar criminal defense, and related civil litigation.

Before joining the firm, Rob served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jill A. Pryor of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Rob graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law and was inducted into the Order of the Coif, Order of the Barristers, and Blue Key Honor Society. During his third year of law school, Rob served as a Symposium Editor on the Georgia Law Review’s Managing Board, a Co-Chair of the Moot Court Executive Board, a Pupil in the Clarke-Carley Inn of Court, and competed on the National Moot Court Competition team. Also in his third year, as a Student Attorney in the Appellate Litigation Clinic, Rob served on a team appointed as amicus curiae by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and on a team representing a client before the Board of Immigration Appeals. As a member of the Moot Court program, he was named Best Oralist of both the William B. Spong Moot Court Competition at William & Mary Law School and the University of Georgia School of Law 2L Intramural Moot Court Competition. As a second-year student, Rob served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Julie E. Carnes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Honorable Leigh Martin May of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Following his first year, Rob served as a legal intern in the Cyber & Intellectual Property Crime Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.

Before his legal career, Rob graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, where he served as Cadet-in-Charge of the Mock Trial Team. Following the Academy, Rob was named Top Graduate of his Air Force Intelligence Officer Course class. He served for over seven years on active duty, leading intelligence support to stealth fighter and special operations airlift units and deploying overseas multiple times. Rob was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, and Army Achievement Medal for his service.