As IJP co-director, she works to coordinate the full range of CAL’s representation of noncitizen clients. She is a veteran appellate criminal defense lawyer with specialized knowledge in post-conviction relief practice for immigrants. In 2017, she was recognized by the Immigrant Defense Project for her work spearheading CAL’s practice in this area. Robin has extensive experience seeking post-conviction relief for clients in the New York trial courts, Appellate Division, and Court of Appeals. Before CAL, Robin was a Supervising Attorney in the Criminal Appeals Bureau of The Legal Aid Society of New York. She is a cum laude graduate of Cardozo Law School, where she was Managing Editor of the Cardozo Law Review. She has a B.A. in Psychology from SUNY Stony Brook and an M.S. in Counseling from the College of New Rochelle.