Michael W. Robinson

Michael Robinson is an AV® Preeminent™ Ranked attorney who brings 20 years of broad litigation experience to resolving business disputes. His practice focuses on commercial disputes, business torts, and the protection of intellectual property rights. His practice emphasizes litigation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the local state courts in Northern Virginia.

Mr. Robinson's career includes substantive experience in areas as wide ranging as antitrust litigation, trademark litigation, patent infringement litigation involving computer software and other products, business dissolution litigation, and substantial litigation experience involving employee covenants not to compete, fiduciary duty claims, and the protection of trade secrets and other commercial proprietary information.

Significant Matters
Mr. Robinson has recently represented: an Am Law 100 law firm in litigation brought by a publicly traded company; a publicly traded homebuilder in both commercial and land issue disputes, members of an LLC in litigation over claims arising from the dissolution of the company and alleged violations of fiduciary duty, an international software company in licensing disputes, and a publicly traded movie theatre chain in litigation in the EDVa involving complex real estate lease disputes.

Activities
Mr. Robinson is active in the Virginia State Bar and the local Fairfax County Bar Association, one of the largest local bar associations. He serves on the State Bar Council of the Virginia State Bar. He previously served on the Faculty of the Virginia State Bar Professionalism Course, and was Chair of the Virginia State Special Committee on Bar Bench-Bar Relations for three years, and Chair of the Fairfax Bar Association Circuit Court Committee for two years.

Good to know

Areas of Practice 1) Appellate Litigation, 2) Intellectual Property Litigation, 3) Commercial Litigation, 4) Litigation, 5) Intellectual Property, 6) Trademark Litigation and 7) Patent Litigation
Law School George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1986)
Education George Mason University (B.A., 1982)
Bar Member / Association District of Columbia Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association, Virginia State Bar Association
Most recent firm Venable LLP
Relevant Jobs
Corporate Attorney
USA-VA-Tysons Corner

Corporate Attorney The candidate should have in-depth, broad-based experience in advising clients and drafting documents relating to entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and oth...

Apply now

Patent Attorney
USA-VA-Tysons Corner

Patent Attorney Candidate's duties will include patent application preparation and prosecution, client counseling and opinion work. Should have 1-3 years of experience in patent prosecution, a B.S. d...

Apply now

+ View more jobs
A. Harrison Barnes
A. Harrison Barnes

Due to his extensive activities in the legal market, A. Harrison Barnes is a well-known attorney throughout the United States. As a member of the Malibu community, Harrison is committed to serving the needs of Malibu residents and businesses in legal

Benjamin P. Smith
Benjamin P. Smith

Benjamin P. Smith is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice. He is a trial lawyer with a particular focus on high-stakes disputes in the biotechnology, medical device, and internet industries.

Brian M. Jazaeri
Brian M. Jazaeri

Brian M. Jazaeri is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice. Mr. Jazaeri represents clients in complex commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on class action matters and financial services, healthcare and technology litigation.