About Geoffrey Robinson

Geoff Robinson focuses his practice on land use and development entitlements and related litigation. He represents clients in civil and administrative proceedings involving planning and zoning laws, CEQA, development fees and exactions, environmental remediation and public facilities financing. Geoff is an authority on writs of mandate in the trial court and court of appeal, and is co-author of the treatise California Administrative Mandamus (CEB, Third Edition – 2017) and other publications on civil writ practice. He also has substantial experience in the area of development mitigation and has litigated scores of cases involving challenges to development exactions, mitigation requirements and public facilities financing. Water law matters are also part of Geoff’s practice, including a ground water basin rights adjudication and appellate litigation involving the validity of a water supply assessment and an Urban Water Management Plan.

Geoff has been an active participant in pro bono efforts, representing individuals, nonprofits and public agencies before state and federal courts, including several matters in the California Supreme Court. He is the former co-chair of the California Commission on Access to Justice and has served on the boards of OneJustice and the California State Bar Foundation. He is the recipient of the California State Bar President’s Pro Bono Award.

Geoff served as law clerk to Judge Thomas J. MacBride of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California and as extern to Judge Joseph T. Sneed of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.