Background
Robbins, Lawrence S. was born on January 28, 1952 in Washington, District of Columbia.
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Lawrence S. Robbins
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Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1974). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1978).
Career
Worked at Mayer, Brown & Platt. Admitted to the bar, 1980, New York and United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. 1984, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1984, United States. Supreme Court.
1989, District of Columbia. 1992, United States. District Court for the District of Columbia. 1994, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Editor, 1976-1977 and Developments Editor, 1977-1978, Harvard Law Review. Author: "High Court Sends Mixed Messages," New York Law Journal, July 11, 1994. "Avoiding Disaster at the High Court: Top Ten Ways to Foul Up Your Argument," New York Law Journal, February 22, 1994.
"Biting The Hand That Feeds You: The Admissibility of an Attorney's Statements Against His Client In Criminal Prosecutions," 7 White Collar Crime Reporter, No. 4, April, 1993; "Peremptory Challenges: The End of the Road?" New York Law Journal, July 19, 1993. "The Protective Sweep Doctrine: Maryland v.
Buie," 17 Search and Seizure Law Report, 110 S. Ct. 1093, 1990. Assistant United States. Attorney, Criminal Division, United States.
Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, 1983-1986. Assistant to the Solicitor General, United States. Department of Justice, 1986-1990.
Associate Independent Counsel (in re Samuel R. Pierce), 1990-1992. (Washington, D.C. Office).
