Background
Robins, Solly was born on April 22, 1913 in St. Paul. Son of Samuel B. and Sarah (Caplan) Robins.
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Solly Robins
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Bachelor, University Minnesota, 1934. Juris Doctor, University Minnesota, 1936.
Career
Worked at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Limited liability partnership (Minneapolis, Minnesota) specializing in Trials and Appeals in all Federal and State Courts. Administrative, Antitrust, Appellate, Banking, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Construction, Communications, Corporate, Employment and Employee Benefits, Environmental, Estate Planning and Probate, Franchising, Finance, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, International Litigation and Trade, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Transportation. Admitted to the bar, 1936, Minnesota.
1938, United States.
District Court, District of Minnesota. 1947, United States. Supreme Court. Editor Member, Minnesota Law Review, 1935-1936.
Member: Ramsey County (Chairman: Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1963-1967.
Courts, Rule & Procedure Committee, 1969-1971. Member, Ethics Committee, 1969-1975).
Minnesota State (Member, Court Rules Committee, 1971-1973. Chairman, Special Committee on Definition of The Practice of Law, 1979-1981) and American (Member, Regional Committee on the Eighth Circuit.
Panelist, London Convention, 1979) Bar Associations.
Roscoe Pound - American Trial Lawyers Foundation (Founder 1969). Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi has a distinguished history of serving the needs of its clients for over 50 years.
Today, the firm has over 230 lawyers, and support is provided by a staff of full-time investigators and legal assistants.
The firm is nationally recognized for its litigation practice in the areas of intellectual property, business, insurance, mass tort, personal injury and medical negligence. The firm also has a diverse national business practice in corporate and commercial law.
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi has been involved in many nationally significant cases in the past decade, including the Honeywell autofocus camera patent cases, cases involving constitutional challenges to state insurance statutes, the fires at One Meridian Plaza in Philadelphia and the First Interstate Bank in Los Angeles, the Chicago Flood, the Dalkon Shield and Copper 7 cases and the Bhopal-Union Carbide disaster. Offices are strategically located to provide service in every part of the country.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman board trustees St. Paul Community Center. Fellow: International Association Insurance Lawyers, International Academy Trial Lawyers. Member: Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association (chairman capital fund drive), American Judicature Society, Association Trial Lawyers American, American Board Trial Advocates, Scottish Rite Lodge, Masons Lodge, Lambda Epsilon Xi, Sigma Alpha Sigma (president 1933-1935).
Connections
Married Fanniebelle Robins, August 1, 1937 (divorced 1972). Children: Stanford K., Celeste L. Robins Rice, Shari R. Robins Perron, James N. Married Virginia Kathleen Larson, December 25, 1972.
Children: Sean B., Shannon K.
