Robin Gray Schweitzer

Ms. Schweitzer represents and advises technology and entertainment clients in high-stakes matters involving intellectual property disputes, complex technologies, and general litigation. She has substantial experience at every phase of legal disputes – from transactions and client counseling, to litigation and trial, through appeal. Ms. Schweitzer was also seconded as in-house litigation counsel at Google LLC for seven months, where she led case strategy and worked on cross-functional teams. She uses her in-house experience to serve as trusted counsel even on the most complex legal issues.

Ms. Schweitzer maintains an active pro bono practice. In one of her pro bono matters, she played a key role in petitioning for and obtaining a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of incarcerated persons challenging conditions relating to COVID-19 in the Orange County jail.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Schweitzer was a litigator at a leading law firm, where she served as third-chair on a trial team, securing a multimillion-dollar judgment for the client in a creative royalties dispute. In her previous role, she independently drafted and filed motions for summary judgment, motions for preliminary injunctions, motions to dismiss, and motions to confirm arbitration awards. Ms. Schweitzer has also briefed and argued in front of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

After law school, Ms. Schweitzer clerked for Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Ms. Schweitzer earned her J.D. magna cum laude from UC Irvine School of Law, where she graduated with Pro Bono High Honors for performing more than 200 hours of pro bono work during law school. She also served as senior staff notes editor and lead article editor for the UC Irvine Law Review. Under attorney supervision, Ms. Schweitzer and her Appellate Litigation Clinic partner successfully briefed and argued a petition for review of a First Amendment case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.