Key People

Robert Boneberg

Director, Slave-Free Car Campaign

Robert C. Boneberg is the Coordinator of the Slave-Free Community Project and is Co-Chair of the Slave-Free Commerce Committee of the NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking.
Previously, Bob served as Board Chair of Free the Slaves and as President of the Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation. Bob has also served as Counsel and Senior Advisor to Free the Slaves.
For many years, Bob practiced law and acted as an advocate for clients in a broad range of commercial, business, and other litigation. While a partner at Lowenstein Sandler LLP, Bob served as Chair of that firm’s Pro Bono Committee and as a member of the Pro Bono Committee of the NJ State Bar Association.  Bob also has served as Chair of the International Human Rights Committee of the NY State Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section, and as a member of the International Human Rights Committee of the NY City Bar Association.
Bob has served as a mediator with the Commercial Division, Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Bob also has served as an arbitrator at FINRA. He also served on the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Newark Presbytery, Presbyterian Church (USA).
Bob began his career in Buffalo, NY, where he worked as a street gang social worker and as a Senior Legislative Assistant to the Buffalo Common Council.
Bob has received a B.A. from SUNY Geneseo, a M.S.W. from SUNY Buffalo, and a J.D. from New York Law School.