Jane Langdell Robinson

Jane Langdell Robinson specializes in appellate practice. Ms. Robinson offers extensive experience in state and federal appeals, having represented clients in mandamus proceedings, interlocutory appeals, and appeals of final judgments in Texas and other state appellate courts as well as numerous federal circuits, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and the United States Supreme Court. Trial lawyers often rely on Ms. Robinson for legal analysis and strategy in complex civil matters as well as error preservation, trial consulting, and dispositive motions.

Ms. Robinson has been a co-author of O’Connor’s Texas Rules * Civil Trials, the premiere civil trial rules guide for Texas lawyers and judges, since 2018. She is also recognized in the Best Lawyers in America and Texas Super Lawyers for her appellate work.

Ms. Robinson has been board certified in civil appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2016. She has argued appeals before the Texas Supreme Court, Texas intermediate appellate courts, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Robinson has also prepared several amicus curiae briefs in state and federal court.

Ms. Robinson also has extensive litigation experience in state and federal courts, including complex contract and commercial disputes and matters involving trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets.

Ms. Robinson enjoys engagement in the bar. She serves on the board of directors for the Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists (TACTAS) and on the Council of the Houston Bar Association’s Appellate Section. Ms. Robinson is a member of the Texas Bar Foundation, the Houston Bar Foundation, and the Texas Bar College.

Some of Ms. Robinson’s recent CLE presentations and papers include:

June 2024: Appellate Procedure Update (Houston Bar Association CLE)
September 2023: Supreme Court of Texas Update (Texas Lawbook)
October 2022: The Janes—Today’s Post-Roe Reality (Harris County Democratic Lawyers Association CLE)
October 2022: Trans & Other LGBTQ+ Children in Custody Evaluations (Texas Association of Domestic Relations Officers CLE)
June 2022: 2 Years After Bostock: LGBTQ+ Plaintiffs in Employment Cases (Houston Bar Association Labor & Employment Section CLE)
May 2022: Recent Developments in Anti-Discrimination Law for Transgender People (University of Texas CLE)
February 2022: Texas Supreme Court Procedures and Update (Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Association)
December 2021: Equal Protection for Transgender People (Texas Bar Journal)
September 2021: Supreme Court of Texas Update (Texas Lawbook)

Before joining AZA in 2007, Ms. Robinson worked at Baker Botts in Houston, Sheppard Mullin in Los Angeles, and Smith Anderson in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Ms. Robinson is admitted in Texas, California, North Carolina (inactive), all Texas federal courts, federal district courts in North Carolina, California, and Michigan, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the Fifth, Ninth, and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Ms. Robinson graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1995 and with honors from Duke University School of Law in 1998.