Mark P. Robinson Jr. - Newport Beach, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

Current Employment Position(s)

• Founder & Senior Partner

• Shareholder

Past Positions

• 9th Circuit Judicial Conference, Lawyer Representative, 1999 - 2002
• University of California, Irvine School of Law, Adjunct Professor Of Law

Classes and Seminars

• Lawyer Representative to the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1999 - 2002
  
• Adjunct Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law

Pro Bono Activities

• Founding Member, Orange County Bar Foundation
• President of the Orange County Bar Association Charitable Fund
• Board of Directors of the Foundation for Democracy and Justice
• Board Member, UCI Foundation
• Member, UC Irvine School of Law Board of Visitors
• Project Youth OBCF, Emeritus Board, Member
• Dean’s Advisory Committee, UCI School of Law

Representative Cases

• Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel & Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee – In re Zoloft (Sertraline Hydrochloride) Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2342 12-MD-2342
• Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee – In re Actos (Pioglitazone), MDL No. 6:11-md-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
• Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company
• Echeverria v. Johnson & Johnson
  • Year: 2017
• Solorio v. Nissan
  • Year: 2016
• Anderson v. General Motors
• Barnett v. Merck
• Ketchum vs. Hyundai
• Oliver vs. Nissan
• Siu v. General Motors
• Fair v. Ford
• Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Settlement Counsel – In re Allergan Biocell Textured Breast Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2921
• Counsel for various government entities in People of the State of California v. Purdue Pharma, et al.

Published Works

Articles

• "Products Liability Litigation", Product Studies (Co-Author), Clark, Boardman Callaghan, 1996
  
• "A Guide to Toxic Torts" (Co-Author), Matthew Bender & Company, 1987
  
• "Selection of Experts in Auto Crashworthiness Cases", American Bar Association, Summer, 2002
  
• "Reining in the Buckman Defense: Evidence of a Defendant's Misrepresentations to a Government Agency Is Admissible to Prove State Tort Claims", CAOC Forum, July/August, 2002
  
• "Pharmaceutical Litigation: Choosing Between MDL's and Coordinated State Litigation", CAOC Forum, November, 2001
  
• "To Join an MDL. . . or Not", ATLA Trial, July, 2001
• "Vehicle Roof Crush Persists During Rollover Crashes", ATLA Trial, August, 2000
• "Dangerous and Defective Roof Structures: Why Most Cars Are Not Crashworthy in Rollover Accidents", CAOC Forum, March, 2000
• "Defective Automobile Seats", CAOC Forum, Jan, Feb, 1999
• "Rear-impact Collisions Expose Seat Defects", ATLA Trial, March, 1999
• "The Case Against Nicotine", CAOC Forum, September, 1997
• "Automotive Fuel System Crashworthiness Litigation", Consumer Attorneys of California Forum, January, 1997
• "Fuel System Litigation: The Crashworthiness Angle", Association of Trial Lawyers of America Trial, November, 1996
• "Selection of Experts in Auto Crashworthiness Cases", CTLA Forum, September, 1994
• "Selection of Experts in Auto Crashworthiness Cases", Association of Trial Lawyers of America Trial, May, 1995
• "Occupant Restraint System Litigation", CTLA Forum, October, 1993
• "Products Liability Litigation: 'Discovery Relating to Other Products, Complaints, Injuries and Subsequent Conduct", CTLA Forum, 1992
• "Products Liability Litigation: 'Discovery Relating to Other Products, Complaints, Injuries and Subsequent Conduct", Western State University Consumer Law Journal, 1993
• "Punitive Damages in Automobile Products Cases", Emerging Issues in Automobile Product Liability Litigation, The American Bar Association, 1992
• "Product Liability Litigation: Overcoming Defenses of Alteration, Misuse and Superseding Causes", California Trial Lawyers Association Forum, April, 1991
• “Catalyst for Change: How Products Liability Litigation Has Made Products Safer,” ADVOCATE, Journal of Consumer Attorneys Associations for Southern California, March 2010
• “A Catalyst for Safety,” TRIAL, Journal of the American Association for Justice, November 2009
• “Prescription Drug Overpromotion: How Marketing, Sales and Profit Evidence Can Affect Critical Issues of Warnings and Causation,” ADVOCATE, Journal of Consumer Attorneys Associations for Southern California, February 2007
• “Selection of Experts in Auto Crashworthiness Cases,” THE BRIEF, American Bar Association, Summer 2002

Bar Admissions

• California

Other Affiliations

• American Board of Trial Advocates, National Board (Board Member)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) (Past National President and Member)
• Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) (President)
• Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (Member and Past President)
• American Association for Justice (AAJ) (Board Member)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Orange County Chapter (Board Member and Past President)
• Attorney Information Exchange Group (Founding Member and Board Member)
• International Society of Barristers (Board Member and Member)
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Founding Member)
• Institute for Injury Reduction (Member)
• Castano Litigation Group (Executive Committee)
• Orange County Bar Association, Charitable Fund, 2001 - Present (President)
• California Court Case Management Internal Committee, Judicial Council, 2011