Michael D. Robbins
Partner

Doyle, Restrepo, Harvin & Robbins, L.L.P.
600 Travis, Suite 4700, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: 713-228-5100 | Fax: 713-228-6138
E-mail: mrobbins@drhrlaw.com
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Practice Description

Mr. Robbins handles a wide variety of civil litigation and appellate matters in state and federal courts involving product liability defense, corporate shareholder disputes, commercial contracts, personal injury, breach of warranty, deceptive trade practices, oil and gas litigation, and other complex business litigation.

Representative Matters

  • Defended seed rice producer in Transgenic Rice Contamination MDL Litigation
  • Defended manufacturers of control systems, lifts, hoists, hand tool, and other industrial products in product liability and negligence cases.
  • Represented non-profit foundation in dispute with large hospital on breach of the hospital's indigent care obligation.
  • Represented oil and gas companies in royalties disputes.
  • Represented shareholders in derivative actions and disputes between shareholders of closely held corporations.
  • Represented a developer of an apartment complex in suit against surety company.
  • Represented manufacturing and distribution company in dispute with supplier.
  • Represented large national R.V. and manufactured home manufacturer in product and consumer litigation.
  • Defended large insurance company in extra-contractual liability cases.
  • Represented internet service provider in trademark in copyright litigation.
  • Represented drug manufacturer in PPA litigation.
  • Defended rubber manufacturer in butadiene litigation.

Professional and Educational Background

  • Admitted to the State Bar of Texas, 1980.
  • Tulane University, B.A., 1972
  • The American University, M.A. Public Administration, 1975
  • University of Houston Law School, J.D. 1980
  • Case Note and Comment Editor University of Houston Law Review
  • Law Clerk for the Honorable Robert O'Conor, Jr., United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas

Memberships and Admissions

  • State Bar of Texas, American Bar Association, Federal Association (President, Houston Chapter, 1990-91, and Houston Bar Association
  • Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, Texas Supreme Court, United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, the United States District court for the Southern, Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas.
  • Houston Bar Foundation, Life Fellow.

Personal

  • Born, Cleveland, Ohio, 1951.