Attorney Angela Robinson

Angela Robinson has over 20 years of combined legal and engineering expertise in business development, intellectual property, construction, real property transactions, land use, environmental compliance and family law. She is an experienced litigator and an active member of the legal community. Through her educational and professional experiences Ms. Robinson has achieved not only technical and legal capabilities, but a talent for applying a thoughtful, client-oriented, bottom-line approach to every project she handles.

As Principal of A.S. Robinson & Associates, Ms. Robinson counsels small to medium growth-mode companies with matters such as contract negotiations, patents and trademarks, tax disputes, HR policy and business development. She counsels individual clients in matters such as adoption law, special education law and estate planning as well. She also has represented clients through various phases of civil litigation and in Maryland and the District of Columbia, as well as before the IRS and Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals.

Clients value Ms. Robinson’s eye for detail, effective business solutions, and vested interest in their success. She understands the challenges her clients face, and seeks to add value by implementing legal strategies that ensure her clients' interests are protected in every transaction.

Prior to the firm's organization in 2005, Ms. Robinson was an Associate at Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., with an environmental, litigation and regulatory practice. Before that she was an Associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, one of the 10 larget and most preeminent firms in the U.S. at that time, with an intellectual property and litigation practice. She has represented the City of Alexandria, the City of New Orleans, and other municipalities in environmental and municipal matters, and counseled private sector clients from Fortune 100 companies to minority-owned enterprises.

Ms. Robinson has also provided pro bono services for non-profit organizations including the Children's Law Center, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, Thurgood Marshall Academy Charter School and Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of DC Greenworks.

Prior to obtaining her law degree, Ms. Robinson was an Environmental Consultant. In that capacity, she worked extensively with the District of Columbia's Water and Sewer Authority's Industrial Pretreatment Division, the District of Columbia's Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, as well as with other municipalities and private industries throughout the country. She has contributed to major development projects including the District’s MCI Center and the WMATA Green Line extension.

Ms. Robinson also worked as a Civil Engineer for Mobil Oil Corporation in New York where she managed commercial construction projects, and for the Prince George's County, Maryland Watershed Protection Branch where she developed the County’s Flood Awareness Program and addressed local storm water management issues.

Education

In 2001 Ms. Robinson received her Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Howard University School of Law where she was a member of the Howard Law Journal.

In 1990 Ms. Robinson received her B.S. in Civil Engineering, cum laude, from Howard University School of Engineering. During her undergraduate studies Ms. Robinson also was a Summer Research Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology R.A. Parson Laboratory for Environmental Science, where she assisted in the development of a computer ground water modeling program. She was also a research assistant in the Howard University Department of Civil Engineering, and an Editor and contributor of Howard Engineer Magazine.

Bar Memberships

District of Columbia
Maryland
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Professional Affiliations

District of Columbia Bar - Family Law Section Member
Maryland State Bar Association - Business Law Secion and IP Law Section Member
DC Greenworks - Board of Directors Member
Families for Private Adoption - Sponsoring Professional Member

Select Honors and Awards

D.C. Federation of Civic Associations Awardee (2009)
Giles S. Rich Inn of Court for the Federal Circuit, Member (2002 to 2004)
Howard Law Journal, Member (1999-2001)
Sligo Branview Community Association, Excellence Award for Neighborhood Volunteerism (1999)
Prince George’s County Watershed Protection Branch, Appreciation Award (1991)
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (1988-1990)

Representative Cases

Premium Transit Services, Inc. v. Maryland Transit Authority, Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals, MSBCA Docket No. 2530 (Oct. 2, 2007).

Speaking & Publications

Click Here to view a list of Angela Robinson's Presentations and Published Articles.

Outside Interests

In her spare time, Ms. Robinson enjoys spending time with her family, drawing, travel, cooking, science fiction books & movies, English horseback riding and biking. She also is active in animal welfare activities.