About
Emmett Robinson
Attorney Emmett Robinson litigates appeals and high-stakes trial-court motions. Emmett has represented civil clients across the country in private securities actions, actions for breach of contract, consumer class actions, tort actions, qui tam actions, and a wide range of other matters. Well-known clients have included multiple major hospital systems, a cutting-edge commercial lighting manufacturer, the Babylon Bee, and President Donald J. Trump. Attorney Robinson also represents criminal defendants seeking to overturn their convictions or reduce their sentences on direct appeal or via habeas corpus, petition for post-conviction relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, or other collateral attack.
After graduating first in his class from Cedarville University, Emmett completed his first year of law school at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he ranked first in his class of 241 law students. He completed his J.D. study at Harvard Law School, from which he graduated cum laude. At Harvard, Emmett served as an executive editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.
While in law school, Emmett worked for the U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel—the Office tasked with drafting legislation for members of Congress. After law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Sara Lioi of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and to Justice Stephen Markman of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Attorney Emmett Robinson litigates appeals and high-stakes trial-court motions. Emmett has represented civil clients across the country in private securities actions, actions for breach of contract, consumer class actions, tort actions, qui tam actions, and a wide range of other matters. He also represents criminal defendants seeking to overturn their convictions or reduce their sentences on direct appeal or via habeas corpus, petition for post-conviction relief, or other collateral attack.
After graduating first in his class from Cedarville University, Emmett completed his first year of law school at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he ranked first in his class of 241 law students. He completed his J.D. study at Harvard Law School, from which he graduated cum laude. At Harvard, Emmett served as an executive editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.
While in law school, Emmett worked for the U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel—the Office tasked with drafting legislation for members of Congress. After law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Sara Lioi of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and to Justice Stephen Markman of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Following his work as a law clerk, Emmett practiced for more than five years with the Jones Day law firm, where he gained a reputation as a stand-out legal writer and analyst, briefing cases before the U.S. and Ohio Supreme Courts and before federal trial and appellate courts across the country. While at Jones Day, Emmett developed an impressive track record. His clients prevailed in the vast majority of cases in which he was lead brief writer.
Emmett has served on the Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel for the Northern District of Ohio and serves on the Attorney Advisory Panel for the Northern District of Ohio. He is also a member of the Criminal Justice Act appointed-counsel panels for the First, Third, Sixth, Seventh, and Eleventh U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals.
Emmett is vice-president of the board of the City Mission, the largest privately-funded homeless shelter in Northeast Ohio. He is also a former Jeopardy! champion.
Education
- Cedarville University – B.A., B.M. (first in class)
- Ohio State University Moritz College of Law – first year of J.D. study (first in class)
- Harvard Law School – J.D. (cum laude; Executive Editor, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy)
Community & Professional Involvement
- City Mission homeless crisis center (board vice president)
- Vivace Arts (board member)
- Northern District of Ohio Attorney Advisory Panel
- Northern District of Ohio Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel
- Criminal Justice Act Panel Member for the Third, Sixth, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
Clerkships & Government Service
- Law clerk to Justice Stephen Markman, Michigan Supreme Court
- Law clerk to Judge Sara Lioi, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel
Bar Admissions
- Ohio Supreme Court and all lower Ohio state courts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Federal Courts of Appeals across the United States
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, and Eastern District of Missouri