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Practices

Biography

Robin is counsel in the firms’ Public Finance Practice Group. Robin has worked on numerous transactions representing cities, counties, school districts, junior college districts and charter schools as bond counsel and disclosure counsel. She also has worked on transactions acting as underwriter’s counsel and representing major national and regional investment banking firms throughout Texas and the Southwest.

Robin handles the filing of event notices on the Electronic Municipal Market Access (“EMMA”) system and regularly surveys EMMA filings to determine our clients’ historical compliance with their continuing disclosure obligations.

Prior to her career practicing law, Robin was a non-lawyer professional in a major Texas public finance practice for 18 years.

Other Info About Robin

Experience

Legal Work Highlights

Represented school districts throughout Texas as bond counsel in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable municipal bonds

Represented large community college system as disclosure counsel and performance of an in-depth survey of the System’s filings to determine its compliance with SEC disclosure requirements and filing corrective notices with EMMA.

Represented the City of Houston as disclosure counsel with respect to each of the City’s bond programs: general obligation, airport system, convention and entertainment system and combined utility system

Served as underwriters’ counsel on multiple City of Austin transactions involving many of the City’s bond programs: general obligation, airport system, electric utility system, and water and wastewater system

Education

Law School

University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 2011
Senior Articles Editor, Houston Business and Tax Law Journal

Undergraduate School

University of Houston Downtown, B.A., 2005, magna cum laude

Bar Memberships

Robin is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

Texas

Recognition

Local & National Recognition

The Best Lawyers in America®, Ones to Watch, 2021-2022

The Best Lawyers in America®, 2024-2025

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

State Bar of Texas

American Bar Association

Houston Bar Association

National Association of Bond Lawyers

Major Publications

Robin is an author or contributor to the following publications:

Ascension “Quick Reference Tables: Texas,” co-author, Getting the Deal Through – Project Finance 2015, Law Business Research Ltd., August 2014.

“Quick Reference Tables: Texas,” co-author, Getting the Deal Through – Project Finance 2014, Law Business Research Ltd., August 2013.

“Quick Reference Tables: Texas,” co-author, Getting the Deal Through – Project Finance 2013, Law Business Research Ltd., August 2012.

“Southern Discomfort: An Examination of the Financial Crisis in Jefferson County, Alabama,” author, 10 Hous. Bus. & Tax L.J. 363, 2010.