Mr. Robinson ("Robby") was born in Queens, New York in 1956. His father and brother were career NYPD Blue. Robby grew up in Queens and attended Chaminade High School on Long Island. He later settled in California after being stationed at the former U.S. Marine Corps Air Station at El Toro in Orange County, California. Robby began his legal career as a Judge Advocate (JAG lawyer) in the United States Marine Corps. In addition to his leadership training and experience as a Marine officer, Robby tried over 250 evidentiary hearings including misdemeanor and felony trials and an array of administrative proceedings.

Robby began his career as a civil litigator in 1984 when he went to work for the national law firm of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges (now Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP). Robby later joined the regional law firm of Kindel & Anderson (about one hundred lawyers) where he made partner. Robby opened his own practice in 1991, and was later joined by a respected colleague and fellow Marine Warren B. Campbell.  Robby and Warren practiced together as Robinson & Campbell for over 11 years.

Robby primarily represents people with claims related to their employment, business disputes, and selected types of personal injuries. He most often represents individuals and small to medium companies against larger companies.

He has pursued these types of claims through all phases of litigation and alternative dispute resolution including negotiation, mediation, arbitration, state and federal jury trials and appeals. This is a sample of the types of cases Robby has handled:

• Wrongful termination of employment in retaliation for objecting to unlawful discrimination.
• Other wrongful termination claims.
• Sexual harassment in employment.
• Unlawful discrimination and harassment.
• Severance agreement consultation and negotiation.
• Key employee representation and claims for breach of written employment contracts, stock option contracts, and other benefits, in both public and non-public corporations.
• Unlawful wage practices relating to unpaid overtime, improper job classifications as exempt from overtime, and other Labor Code violations.
• Victims of violence in the workplace.
• Whistleblower claims.
• Employees terminated based on false claims of good cause or misconduct.
• Partnership disputes over management, accounting, dissolution, and fiduciary duties.
• Breach of all kinds of contracts.
• Unfair competition.
• Fraud and interference with business relations.
• Recovery of prevailing party attorneys fees and costs.
• Usury.

Areas of Practice

• Employment Law -- Employer
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Business & Commercial Law
• Sex Discrimination
• Arbitration
• Partnerships

Bar Admissions

• California, 1983
• New York, 1980
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Education

• Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, 1980
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Award for Contracts
  
  
• State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, 1977
  B.S. in Criminal Justice
  Honors: Summa Cum Laude
  
  

Representative Cases

• Martin Johnson v. The Andrew Jergens Company, 198 F.3d 254 (9th Cir. 1999)
• Sandra G. Haas v. Betz Laboratories, Inc., 185 F. 3d 866 (9th Cir. 1999)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA)
  Sustaining Member
  
  
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  Member
  
  
• American Association for Justice
  Member
  
  
• Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
  Member
  
  
• Orange County Bar Association (OCBA), 1983 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Orange County Bar Association (OCBA)
  Member, Labor & Employment Section
  
  
• Orange County Bar Association (OCBA)
  Member, Business Litigation Section
  
  
• Orange County Bar Association (OCBA), 1991 - 1992
  Member, OCBA Board of Directors
  
  
• Orange County Bar Association (OCBA), 1990
  Editor, Orange County Lawyer
  
  
• Orange County Bar Association (OCBA), 1991 - 1993
  Chair, Orange County Lawyer Board of Advisors
  
  
• Orange County Bar Association (OCBA), 1992 - Present
  Member, OCBA Client Relations Committee
  
  
• Retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
  
  
• Founders Circle Alzheimer's Association of Orange County