Alan Joel Robin

1975, New York
1981, California

Activities

•Center of Hope Haiti
•Advisory Board, 2016 a' present
•Jewish Family and Children's Services
•Program and Planning Committee, 2020 a' present
•Senior Advisory Committee Rhoda Goldman Plaza, 2024 a' present
•American College of Real Estate Lawyers Fellow

of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and was Editor of its Publications Program for four years. He is a past member of the Executive Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association where he served as the Finance Officer of this 30,000 person Section from 1998 to 2002 after having served on its Executive Council for eight years.

For many years, Mr. Robin has been named a Super Lawyer in California along with five of his colleagues at Shartsis Friese LLP. Since 2006, he has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

Mr. Robin performs pro bono real estate services for the San Francisco Jazz Festival and is a member of the Board of the San Francisco Friends School whom he represented in its acquisition of the historic Levi Strauss building in 2005. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Center of Hope-Haiti which is constructing an orphanage and school in Haiti.

Mr. Robin has participated on educational programs in real estate law for many organizations, including Practicing Law Institute, American Bar Association, California State Bar Real Property Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, ALI-ABA, International Council of Shopping Centers, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, American Land Title Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, and CLE International. His publications include, Hotel Management Agreements: An Owner's Perspective and Institutional Investments in Hotels: Partnerships and Joint Ventures, Financing, Development, and Operations of Hotels and Casinos, Practicing Law Institute, l989; Robin and Pollock, Opinion Letters from the Recipients' Perspective, The Attorney's Opinion Letter in Real Estate Transactions, 4 The ACREL Papers 129 (American Bar Association, 1992); Robin and Lipscomb, Impact of Bankruptcy on Workouts and New Investments, 31 Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal 670 (1997); Robin and Lipscomb, Impact of Bankruptcy on Workouts and New Investments, Single Asset Real Estate Bankruptcies, Current Developments and Legislative Issues (American Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute, 1997).

Education

Mr. Robin received a B.A. degree from Swarthmore College in 1970 and a J.D. from New York University School of Law in l974, where he was a member of the New York University School of Law Review of Law and Social Change.

Publications

• SHARTSIS FRIESE selected in The National Law Journal's Midsize Hot List for second consecutive year
(Jul.11.2011)