Robin is a member of the firm's Healthcare Liability Practice Group and the managing attorney of the firm's Scranton and Williamsport locations. Since joining the firm in June of 1994, Robin has tried over 30 cases to verdict, including medical malpractice, civil rights, motor vehicle and premises liability cases. Currently, she concentrates in the defense of medical malpractice and school civil rights cases, including education and employment law. However, she continues to handle some premises and motor vehicle cases as she also serves as the Scranton office's leader of the casualty and healthcare groups.
Robin is a 1987 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University. Following graduation, she worked with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and attended law school at Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, Delaware, graduating in 1993. During her last year of law school and for a short period of time immediately thereafter, she clerked for Judge Jacobs in the Court of Chancery in Wilmington, Delaware.
Robin is a member of the Lackawanna Bar Association, serving on its Civil Rules Committee. She is admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, as well the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Significant Representative Matters
- Tried a first amendment political retaliation/freedom of association case in which I represented a school district. Plaintiffs alleged they suffered economic loss as a result of their political activities in supporting Board members who ultimately lost the election. More significantly, plaintiffs alleged the retaliation occurred because they were friends with one another. Although we lost the case, after filing post-trial motions, the Judge ordered a new trial, agreeing that his charge incorrectly implied that plaintiffs had a protected right of association for the purely social aspects of their relationships. We ultimately settled the case.
- Successfully secured summary judgment in a case where plaintiff, a student at the University of Scranton/Wyoming Valley Healthcare System School of Nurse Anesthesia, was placed on academic probation and dismissed from the University. His complaint contained four causes of action, which were all dismissed: 1) breach of contract; 2) breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing; 3) denial of due process; and 4) tortious interference with contract. Plaintiff appealed, and the Third Circuit affirmed.
- Involved in a major case involving alleged abuse of seven minor autistic students. Through their parents, they claimed they were assaulted by their teacher in violation of their constitutional rights, resulting in post-traumatic stress disorder. Represented the School District where the alleged abuse occurred and its administrators. Successfully had the 14th Amendment claim against the individuals dismissed. The School District had an indemnification clause in its contract with the entity that employed the teacher, and, ultimately, the case settled for multi-millions, none of which was paid by the School District.
