Current Employment Position(s)

; Trade Regulation

Year Joined Organization: 1999

Lawyer Overview

Robin is a shareholder in the firm of Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association. She is a member of the Business Litigation and Trade Regulation sections, along with the Securities and Financial Services Group. Robin concentrates her practice principally in the areas of:

• Covenants not-to-compete
• E-discovery counseling
• Insurance coverage litigation
• Franchise and distribution law
• Antitrust law

With heightened use of electronically stored information, Robin assists clients in understanding the importance of preserving and producing electronic information. In addition to counseling clients, Robin presents an e-discovery seminar to clients and has served as a member of a client’s document retention policy committee. 

In the area of franchise and distribution law, Robin has represented a number of franchisors and manufacturers in litigation involving claims for violations of state franchise acts, special industry and dealer acts, antitrust claims and breaches of contract. Her practice includes a franchise registration and disclosure component which involves drafting UFOCs, franchise agreements and handling franchise renewals. She also counsels clients on distribution strategies to avoid inadvertently creating a franchise.

Robin’s antitrust legal practice has included the defense of clients against antitrust claims, ranging from price fixing to predatory hiring. She also regularly counsels clients on price discrimination issues.

Robin is chair of the Volunteer Lawyers Network and a member of the Minnesota State and American Bar associations, as well as Minnesota Women Lawyers. She is also on the board of the Hennepin County Bar Association. Robin was named a "Minnesota Rising Star" by Minnesota Law & Politics.

Born in Hastings, Minnesota, Robin received her B.A. cum laude in psychology from Carleton College and her law degree magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School, where she was elected to Order of the Coif. She joined Briggs in 1999.

Areas of Practice

• Trade Regulation
• Franchise Regulation
• Employment Law Litigation
• Antitrust
• Distribution Law
• Franchise Litigation
• Transportation

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Affirmative Action -- Employer, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Aviation, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Deceptive Trade Practices, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Franchising, Franchising, Litigation & Appeals, Mass Transit, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employer, Railroad, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employer, Shipping, Trade Regulation, Transportation Law, Trucking, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer, Whistleblower -- Employee, Whistleblower -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employer

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 1999

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Volunteer Lawyers Network
• Chair
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Member
• American Bar Association
• Member
• Minnesota Women Lawyers
• Member
• Hennepin County Bar Association
• Board Member

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School, 1999
  J.D.
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude Order of the Coif
• Carleton College, 1995
  B.A.
  Honors: Cum Laude Sigma Xi

Published Works

• Guide to Franchising Published, Third Edition, 2008
• FACTA Compliance Can Help Avoid Class Actions, 2007
• A New Priority for E-Discovery: Early Collaboration, Identification, Preservation and Documentation, 2007

Address

2200 IDS Center
80 South 8th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Phones

612.977.8699 (Business Phone)

Faxes

612.977.8650 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.briggs.com/