Phone: (818) 907-3291
Fax: (818) 981-4764
E-Mail: MRobins@lewitthackman.com

Practice Areas

Education

Hastings College of the Law
Juris Doctor (1989)

  • Hastings Law Journal - Technical Editor
  • Moot Court Competition - Competitor
  • JSA - President, Member
  • Association of Students for Children - Officer, Member

University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology (1986)

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • High Distinction General Scholarship
  • National Psychology Asociation - Student Member
  • UJA - Chairperson of Student Campaign

Memberships

  • State Bar of California
  • San Fernando Valley Bar Association
        - Family Law Executive Committee Member
        - Family Law Section Chair (2 years)
        - Family Law Section, Co-Chair of Programs Committee (2 years)
        - Liason between San Fernando Valley Bar Association and Family Law Section (1 year)
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Step-Up Women's Network
  • Women’s Referral Service – Member to 1997

Michelle S. Robins received her Bachelors degree from the University of California at Berkeley, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. She joined the firm after receiving her law degree in 1989 from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where she was technical editor of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. She became a shareholder of the firm in 2000. Her practice continues to emphasize the area of Family law. She also acts as a Judge Pro Tem and Mediator for the Los Angeles Superior Court. Ms. Robins is a member of the State Bar of California and the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, and is also admitted before the U.S. District Court. Michelle is the former co-chair of the Family Law Section of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association and currently on the Editorial Committee for the Valley Lawyer Magazine, a publication of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association.

Experience

  • Lewitt, Hackman, Shapiro, Marshall & Harlan – Encino, California
       - 1989 to present

Awards

  • Voted a Southern California “Super Lawyer,” by L.A. Magazine
       - 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Publications

Noteworthy Legal Activities

  • Speaker, "New Laws" - 2005, 2008, 2009
  • Top Southern California Lawyer 2007
  • VAST – Settlement Officer- Los Angeles Superior Court
  • Mediator – Los Angeles Superior Court
  • Speaker- San Fernando Bar Association, Family Law Section
       - Topic “Is Marvin Still in Business” – September 1996
       - Topic “New Laws” – 2005 & 2008
  • White Zuckerman Warsavsky Luna Wolf - “New Laws in 2003”
       - Ventura Court Family Law Study Group – January 2003

 

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