Keith A. Robinson Senior Litigation Attorney, Gonzalez & Robinson, P.C. Licensed Attorney. State of Environmental
Experience Real Property Contamination and Human Toxicology Drinking water and groundwater contamination
cases involving hundreds of plaintiffs and many defendants including large oil
companies and distributors. Obtained new
water supply for town and cash payment for real property damages and medical
monitoring in
Workplace exposure case involving hundreds of
plaintiffs and scores of defendants. Specific representation was defense
of chromic acid exposure that lead to
favorable defense verdicts where other defendants were assessed millions of
dollars in liability. Attended and
conducted scores of depositions including expert depositions concerning
exposure to chromic acid and other toxicological issues. Percipient depositions included workers who
built the Stealth fighter at Lockheed's Skunkworks. Supervised initial file set
up, data base organization for documents and testimony, and paralegal team. Set
up and supervised standardized quality control procedures for existing and
incoming deposition and later trial transcripts in paper and computer
format. Reviewed scientific research for
purposes of preparing defense and selecting experts to work on matter. Commonly known as the Lockheed or Skunkworks
case. Workplace exposure in chemical factories. Real Property Contamination Personally worked on real property
contamination cases of former chemical factory. Represented third party
witnesses complying with U.S. Department of Justice criminal investigations in
environmental matters. Represented
members of judge's family in environmental case involving ground water
contamination. Law firm in which Keith
Robinson was a principal represented State of Other Scientific or Technical Experience Represented chemical manufacturer in business
case involving sale and development of machinery to produce a chemical
product. Worked with technical experts
concerning the chemical process involved in making the product as well as the
electro-mechanical manufacturing involved in making the machine. Prepared and
presented case for focus group. Educational Experience in Environmental and Science
Field Graduate seminar at Stanford in Law of the
Sea where responsibility for pollution is an issue. Graduate seminar at Stanford in mathematical
modeling for Urban Planning to study optimal sizes for local government
entities depending upon function including environmental oversight. Continued study of natural resource law
including Law of the Sea at Staff member of Environmental Law Journal at
U.S.C.'s Undergraduate Honors Chemistry Course. Admittance through an entry examination. General Education U.S.C. Law School J.D. 1986 Am
Jur Award Contracts Staff
Member Environmental Law Journal Moot
Court Quarterfinalist LSAT:
800 (99.8+ percentile) Graduate coursework in Law of the
Sea and Mathematical Modeling in Urban Economics Other As an undergraduate, took seven
courses at Graduate School of Management at UCLA including accounting. Multiple
computer languages. GMAT
score 99+ percentile. Business Experience and Case Management Experience as
a Trial Counsel Responsible for managing $1 million
litigation budget for construction case.
Selected and hired multiple experts from beginning of matter to
trial. Personally attended and conducted
over 60 depositions. Prepared and
presented case to be reviewed by jury consultants and focus group. Represented partner in record label in
dispute with other partner when two record albums had combined sales of 11
million units. Used background in computers and accounting to review
computerized accounting records of multiple companies and find
discrepancies. Used such knowledge to
select and worked with forensic accountants. Represent property owners in disputes with
electrical utility providers including low power transformers that brown out
studio recording equipment, computers and other electronic equipment. Used background in computers to resolve
apparent discrepancy in reporting times between electrical utility computers
and fire department dispatch computers resulting in substantial settlement to
client. Principal (shareholder) of 15-20 member law
firm. Other Business Experience leading to Case Management
Abilities. 3 years between college (1980) and law school
(1983) automating accounting systems onto mini computers and micro computers
(the term PC came around 1982) for small and large companies including Coca
Cola Bottling of Los Angeles (then owned by Beatrice Foods). Summer job as an intern for a large
organization's Management Information Systems. |
