Mark Parker Robinson, Jr

1972, California
Illinois

of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a highly selective professional society of trial lawyers and judges (including every member of the Supreme Court of the United States) whose limited members are selected only by invitation. In 2013 he will serve as the President of the Orange County Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. In 2011, he was chosen to serve on the Judicial Council of California Court Case Management Internal Committee. In 2011, Mr. Robinson was inducted by the California Bar Association (Litigation Section) into their Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame. In 2010, as well as in 1999, Mr. Robinson received the California Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award, presented annually by California Lawyer magazine. In 2008, Mark P. Robinson, Jr. was named California ABOTA Trial Lawyer of the Year for California. In 2008, he was also honored by the Anti-Defamation League (Orange County/Long Beach) with a Marcus Kaufman Jurisprudence Award. In 2007, he received the Champion of Justice Award from the Civil Justice Program in Southern California. In 2006, he was named “Mass Tort Trial Lawyer of the Year” by the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Robinson is also a Founding Member of the Orange County Bar Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization that offers programs and services aimed at helping youth, their families and the community.

Mark P. Robinson, Jr. has been selected to The Best Lawyers in America and has been consistently named
as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in the State of California. In 2001, California Law Business named Mr. Robinson one of the top ten "Most Influential Lawyers in California." In 1999, he was selected by California Lawyer magazine as one of the "Lawyers of the Year." Mr. Robinson was elected to serve in 1999 as President of the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), formerly the California Trial Lawyers Association. In 1996 and 1978, Mr. Robinson was honored as “Personal Injury Trial Lawyer of the Year” by the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Robinson has served as a Board Member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) [now the American Association for Justice (AAJ)], the Association of Business Trial Lawyers Orange County Chapter, and the International Society of Barristers. He is one of the five founders of the Attorney Information Exchange Group (AIEG). He is past President of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, and, in 2001, he served as President of the Orange County Bar Association Charitable Fund. He has also served as Lawyer Representative to the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference (1999-2002).

In mass tort complex litigation, Mr. Robinson has extensive litigation and leadership experience. Those leadership roles include the following fourteen (14) federal multidistrict litigations:

Plaintiffs' Co-Lead Counsel - In re Zoloft Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2342
Plaintiffs' Executive Committee - In re Actos (Pioglitazone), MDL No. 2299
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee - In re Fosamax Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2243
Plaintiffs' Executive Committee – In re DePuy ASR, MDL No. 2197
Plaintiffs' Co-Lead Counsel for PI cases – In re Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2151
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee – In re Yasmin and Yaz (Drospirenone) Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2100
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee – In re Heparin Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1953
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee – In re Medtronic Inc., Sprint Fidelis Leads Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1905
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee – In re Bextra and Celebrex Marketing, Sales Practices and Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1699
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee – In re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1657
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee – In re Zyprexa Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1596
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee – In re Baycol Products Litigation, MDL No. 1431
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee – In re Bridgestone/ Firestone Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1373
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee – In re Rezulin Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1348

Mr. Robinson has authored or co-authored numerous publications and articles on tort law practice. He was a contributing author to Products Liability Litigation: Product Studies, Clark, Boardman Callaghan (1996) and A Guide to Toxic Torts, Matthew Bender & Company (1987). Other recent publications include: "Prescription Drug Over Promotion: How Marketing, Sales and Profit Evidence Can Affect Critical Issues of Warnings and Causation", Journal of Consumer Attorneys Associations for Southern California, Advocate (February, 2007)..Member:State Bar of California; American Bar Association; California Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1978 and 1983); Consumer Attorneys of California (President, 1999); Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (Recipient, Orange County Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, 1996 and 1978; Mass Torts Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, 2006; President, 1981); International Society of Barristers; American Board of Trial Advocates..