Daniel S. Robinson
Partner
Phone: 949-720-1288
Toll Free: 888-701-1288
Fax: 949-720-1292
620 Newport Center Drive
7th Floor
Newport Beach, California 92660

Daniel S. Robinson is a partner in the Newport Beach office of Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, specializing in civil litigation with an emphasis in products liability. Mr. Robinson is admitted to practice law in New York and California.

Mr. Robinson received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Williams College in Williamstown, MA. He received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA where he was awarded the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award and the Hon. William M. Byrne, Sr. Award. Mr. Robinson earned American Jurisprudence and First Honors Awards in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Marital Property, Mass Tort Litigation and Property II: Future Possessory Interests. Competing for Loyola’s nationally-ranked Byrne trial advocacy team, Mr. Robinson was named regional champion in the 2003 National Trial Competition and took first place at both the 2002 Byrne Trial Advocacy Competition and the 2001 William W. Daniel Mock Trial National Championship.

After law school, Mr. Robinson became an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office under the Hon. Robert M. Morgenthau where he conducted numerous trials, investigations and grand jury proceedings in the Trial Bureau Division. Mr. Robinson was selected to join several of the office’s specialized units, including the Domestic Violence Unit, Public Assistance Fraud Unit, Counterfeit Trafficking Unit and Identity Theft Unit. In 2006, Mr. Robinson returned to California and became an associate at a large, civil defense law firm where he handled cases involving partnership disputes, real estate claims, securities law and other matters of general business litigation. In a 2007 San Diego County jury trial, Dan was part of a team of lawyers that helped successfully defend an apparel company against a $28 million breach of contract and fraud action brought by their former CFO.

Professional Activites

• Judicial Extern, Honorable David O. Carter, U.S. District Court, Central District of California
• Admitted to Practice, U.S. District Court, Central District of California
• Member, American Bar Association; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Association for Justice, Association of Business Trial Lawyers; Federal Bar Association; Orange County Bar Association, Orange County Celtic Bar Association.
• Board Member, Orange County Bar Foundation