Robert M Sakovich, Esq.
About
Attorney Robert M. Sakovich helps individuals throughout Pennsylvania restore their Second Amendment rights, protect their liberty in mental health proceedings, and navigate complex family law matters. Based in Scaringi Law’s Harrisburg office since 2015, he combines deep litigation experience with a practical business background to deliver results for clients facing high-stakes challenges.
Under the direction of founding attorney Marc Scaringi, Mr. Sakovich has developed a niche practice in firearms rights restoration. He represents individuals who have been denied the right to possess firearms or have had a license to carry concealed firearms denied or revoked. His work includes representation at administrative hearings, trial courts, and appellate courts, at both the state and federal level. He has extensive experience in expunging prior involuntary commitments under Sections 302, 303, and 304 of the Pennsylvania Mental Health Procedures Act, restoring clients’ Constitutional rights. He also has experience innovating complex “as-applied” Constitutional challenges on behalf of individuals prohibited under federal law, and he has given free seminars for the public and taught continuing legal education courses for other attorneys interested in the practice area.
Mr. Sakovich also represents individuals and families involved in involuntary commitment proceedings under the Pennsylvania Mental Health Procedures Act. He provides prompt and strategic representation before Mental Health Review Officers, in the Court of Common Pleas, and on appeal, working to protect his clients’ liberty interests and to mitigate the long-term consequences of prior commitments.
Drawing on his decade of experience in family law matters, Mr. Sakovich also works closely with other attorneys in the firm on complex family law cases. Here he puts to use his educational background in business, accounting, and finance to the benefit of clients with divorce and support cases involving closely-held businesses, professional practices, pensions, stock options, deferred compensation agreements, and other complex financial instruments and property. If your divorce or support case involves more complex property or financial matters, you are well served by having Mr. Sakovich involved with your case.
Mr. Sakovich also handles select business matters, primarily assisting small business owners with entity formation, ownership transactions, compliance, and dissolution.
Prior to joining Scaringi Law, Mr. Sakovich clerked for the Honorable Joseph C. Adams of the York County Court of Common Pleas, who presided over the Family Law Division at the time. During his clerkship, Mr. Sakovich drafted opinions and memoranda in custody, support, and civil litigation matters. He also contributed to procedural improvements aimed at increasing efficiency and reducing costs for litigants – an approach he continues to bring to every case today.
Mr. Sakovich’s commitment to serving others extends beyond his legal practice. As a senior at Pennsylvania State University, he served as communications chairman for Springfield, a THON-affiliated organization supporting families of children with cancer. Under his leadership, the organization raised nearly $178,000 for pediatric cancer patients in 2010.
Mr. Sakovich resides in Harrisburg with his wife, an experienced paralegal who assists with his firearms practice, and their two children. Outside of his legal practice, Mr. Sakovich enjoys spending his time training through weightlifting, rucking, Brazilian jiu jitsu, judo, and yoga. When he isn’t training, he spends much of his time caring for the family pets, cooking, and gardening.
Joined the firm
- 2015
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 2013
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 2013
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2015
Education
- Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
- J.D. - May 2013
- Honors: Dean's Scholarship
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
- B.A. - May 2010
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: T.S. Fitch Memorial Scholarship
- Honors: Elsie and Gilbert Sealfon Scholarship
- Honors: Penn State Student Leader Scholarship
- Major: Print Journalism
- Minor: Legal Environment of Business
Employment
- Pennsylvania State University, Research Assistant to Professor John E. Lopatka, May 1, 2011 - March 1, 2013
- West Shore Web Marketing, Self-Employed Website Designer, March 1, 2009 - June 1, 2012
- York County Court of Common Pleas, Law Clerk to the Honorable Joseph C. Adams, March 1, 2014 - October 1, 2015
Memberships
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Dauphin County Bar Association
- Former Member, York County Bar Association
- Former Member, Harrisburg Young Professionals
- Former Member, York Young Professionals
Notable Cases
- In re: K.M., 1677 MDA 2018 – Pennsylvania Superior Court
Secured restoration of client’s Second Amendment rights by way of expungement of a mental health commitment, reversing the trial court’s denial of expungement. - B.M.S. v. Pennsylvania State Police, No. 886 C.D. 2021 – Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
Argued complex interactions between state and federal law to achieve affirmation of trial court opinion granting restoration of client’s Second Amendment rights under federal law.