Professor Robinson is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Houston Community College System, a Citizen Member of the Houston Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund Board of Trustees, and is a Member of the Advisory Board of K9s4COPS. He is a former At-Large Houston City Council Member and has served as Second Vice President of the NAACP Houston Branch and as President of the Houston Lawyers Association and as a member of the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas, National League of Cities and the Houston-Galveston Area Council.