Background
Robinson, Donald A. was born on September 10, 1925 in Riverside, New Jersey, United States.
Robinson, Donald A. was born on September 10, 1925 in Riverside, New Jersey, United States.
Dickinson College (Bachelor of Arts, 1950). Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, 1952). Permanent Member, Annual Judicial Conference of the Third Circuit.
Member, Federal Court Selection Advisory Panel, 1979.
Member, Supreme Court of New Jersey Committee on Relations with the Media, since 1979. Chairman, Subcommittee to Revise Guidelines for Reporting of Criminal Proceedings, since 1979.
Member, 1988—and Chairman, 1990, Lawyers Advisory Committee for the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Chairman, United States District Court Lawyers Advisory Committee.
Member, President's Council of the Essex County Bar Association.
Worked at Robinson Lapidus & Livelli (Newark, New Jersey) specializing in Commercial Litigation, Communications Law, First Amendment Law, Securities Litigation, Employment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1952, New New York 1954, New Jersey; 1962, District of Columbia.
1963, United States.
Supreme Court. 1983, United States. Tax Court. Permanent Member, Annual Judicial Conference of the Third Circuit.
Member, Federal Court Selection Advisory Panel, 1979. Member, Supreme Court of New Jersey Committee on Relations with the Media, 1979.
Member, 1988 and Chairman, 1990, Lawyers Advisory Committee for the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Chairman, United States District Court Lawyers Advisory Committee, 1983. President, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Historical Society, 1986. Member, Merit Selection Panel, United States.
District Court for Appointment of Magistrate Judge, 1990 and 1993.
Member, Supreme Court of New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics, Committee to Review Notice to the Bar on Extrajudicial Statements by Prosecutors and other Attorneys, 1990. Member, Essex County Superior Court Judicial Advisory Committee, 1990.
Member, President"s Council of the Essex County Bar Association, 1990. Member, Federal Court Oversight Committee of the Civil Justice Reform Acting Advisory Committee, 1992-1994.
Federal Court Master, Discovery Questions, 1992-1994.
Federal Court Trustee/Receiver, Dissolution of Forfeited Law Practice, 1990-1996. Federal Court Appointments: Investigation and Prosecution of Lawyer Disciplinary Cases. Arbitrator, 1983; Mediator, 1992.
Special Master, Resolution of Prisoner Disputes.
Recipient: Distinguished Service Award, Journalism Resources Institute of Rutgers University, 1987. Trial Board Award, Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, 1988.
Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey (President, 1973-1974.
Member, Board of Advisors, 1974).
(Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification).
Member, Federal Court Selection Advisory Panel, 1979. Member, Supreme Court of New Jersey Committee on Relations with the Media, 1979. Member, 1988 and Chairman, 1990, Lawyers Advisory Committee for the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Chairman, United States District Court Lawyers Advisory Committee, 1983.
President, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Historical Society, 1986. Member, Merit Selection Panel, United States.
District Court for Appointment of Magistrate Judge, 1990 and 1993. Member, Supreme Court of New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics, Committee to Review Notice to the Bar on Extrajudicial Statements by Prosecutors and other Attorneys, 1990.
Member, Essex County Superior Court Judicial Advisory Committee, 1990.
Member, President"s Council of the Essex County Bar Association, 1990. Member, Federal Court Oversight Committee of the Civil Justice Reform Acting Advisory Committee, 1992-1994. Federal Court Master, Discovery Questions, 1992-1994.
Federal Court Trustee/Receiver, Dissolution of Forfeited Law Practice, 1990-1996.
Federal Court.