Lisa M. Robinson
Partner
Lisa M. Robinson is an experienced trial attorney who concentrates her practice on defending cases involving catastrophic personal injury and death. Her experience includes defending complex premises liability, medical device, and Labor Law cases, as well as matters involving general product liability and medical and dental malpractice. She has tried multiple cases in both New York State courts and U.S. District Courts to verdict.
Lisa is a leader in the firm’s Long-Term Care practice. She has extensive experience defending skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities in professional liability claims, wrongful death malpractice claims, claims alleging violations of state and federal regulations, and common law negligence claims. In addition, she regularly represents manufacturers of industrial and consumer products in federal and state courts, and has defended clients in personal injury, property damage, and fire cases involving alleged design defects and warning claims. Lisa has also successfully defended clients in a wide variety of other liability cases, including automobile and trucking accidents and construction defect claims.
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Experience Highlights
Lisa focuses a significant portion of her practice on defending dentists and other medical and health care and long-term care professionals regarding claims of negligence, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, regulatory violations, and hospital claims. Representative mattes include:
- Obtained a defense verdict after a three-week trial in New York State Court for a medical device manufacturer and distributer
- Obtained a voluntary stipulation of discontinuance via motion for summary judgment in a dental malpractice claim
- Obtained a voluntary dismissal of an action against a long-term care/skilled nursing facility
Honors & Awards
Upstate New York Super Lawyers (Product Liability), 2017–20; Rising Stars 2013–15
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
- Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2004
- Syracuse Law Review
- Justinian Honor Society
- Alfred University, B.A., cum laude, 1992
Professional Affiliations
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
Publications & Events
Contributor, Goldberg Segalla’s Life Science Matters blog: read Lisa’s latest post here
- Presenter, “Evaluating Damages – Expert Witnesses in Automobile Cases”, Auto & Truck Claims, Accidents & Litigation, Syracuse, NY, September 6, 2019
- Presenter, “Construction Law Closing Arguments at Labor Law Claims, Coverage, and Litigation” NYSBA, Syracuse, NY, December 2016
- Presenter and moderator, “Practice Pointers: Honing Your Deposition Skills” at Handling and Taking Depositions – NYSBA, Syracuse, NY, October 2016
- Presenter, “Accident Scene Investigations,” New York State Bar Association Law School for Insurance Professionals, Syracuse, NY, September 21, 2012
- Co-Presenter, “Successful Trial Defense in Product Liability Case: Lessons Learned,” GS Product Liability Webinar, August 7, 2019