Back to Lawyers/ProfessionalsLawyers / Professionals
 |
Stephen W. Robinson
Partner 
1750 Tysons Boulevard
srobinson@mcguirewoods.comSuite 1800 Tysons Corner, Virginia 22102-4215 F: 703.712.5258    |
Mr. Robinson's practice is primarily focused on labor and employment law, with an emphasis on litigation. He also represents approximately 40 professional athletes, including former Masters Champion Fred Couples, long jumper Mike Powell (current world record holder), and double gold medal winning sprinter Michael Johnson.
His practice includes advising employers on all aspects of employment and labor relations matters. He has litigated cases involving discrimination, wrongful discharge, claims for pension and profit sharing benefits, AIDS, defamation, negligent hiring and supervision, First Amendment issues, and covenants not to compete. He has represented public and private employers, and state and federal courts around the country. He is a court-appointed mediator for cases in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and an invited member of the District of Columbia Circuit Judicial Conference. From 1976 to 1979, he served at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland as a captain in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the U.S. Army.
He was recognized by the Washington Business Journal as the top employment litigator in the metropolitan area in 2007.
- Executive Committee
- Board of Partners
- Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2003-2012
- Washington, D.C. Best Lawyers "Labor & Employment Lawyer of the Year," 2011
- Named One of "America's Leading Lawyers," Business, Chambers USA, 2005-2011
- Named a Washington, D.C. "Super Lawyer," 2007-2012
- Listed in International Who's Who Legal, Management Labour & Employment Lawyers, 2011
- Named a Virginia "Super Lawyer," 2007-2011
- Named One of Virginia's "Legal Elite," Virginia Business, 2004-2011
- Named One of Washington Business Journal's Best Labor and Employment Lawyers in Washington, D.C., 2004-2009
- "Law Dragon 500" Finalist, 2009
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit
- The Virginia Employer's Guide to Labor Law (Co-Author), Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, 1982
- Judicial Notice, Sources of Proof I, Preparing a Lawsuit, 1990
- Contributing Author, Employment Law in Virginia, 2009
|
EDUCATION George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, D.C., LL.M., 1979
Washington & Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia, J.D., 1975 Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, B.A., 1972 ADMITTED Virginia 1975 District of Columbia 1979 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 1980 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 1981 U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 1982 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia 1984 U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit 1987 PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, D.C. |