Robin D. Kardon

Managing Director

Bio

Robin specializes in all aspects of attorney placement with a strategic focus on building and strengthening in-house legal departments. She has twice received awards for her service to MLA clients. In 2008, Robin received the MLA's annual Excellence in Client Service award and in 2010 received the company's Client Relations Turnaround award.

Robin has placed attorneys in law firms and in-house at companies at all levels and in all markets, She graduated magna cum laude from New York University and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Robin earned her J.D. from The American University, Washington College of Law where she and her teammates won the American College of Trial Lawyers National Trial Competition regional round. She received the Lewis F. Powell Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy.

For 10 years, Robin was an active commercial litigator in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Illinois. She has supervised and first chaired numerous state and federal bench and jury trials. Robin also has significant experience arguing state and federal appeals. In 1990, she became the head of the litigation team at Goldstine, Skrodzki, Russian, Nemec & Hoff Ltd., where she had supervisory responsibility over all of the firm’s litigation.

In 1992, Robin became a commercial pilot and embarked on a 12-year journey as a professional aviator. Robin has flown everything from luxury corporate jets to large airliners across the world. She holds numerous airplane captain qualifications and has flown to cities in Europe, Asia, South America, the Caribbean and other international destinations.

Education

  • The American University, Washington College of Law; J.D.
    • Scholastic Honors:
      • Lewis F. Powell Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy.
      • Winner, National Trial Competition Regionals.
      • Quarterfinalist, Marshall-Wythe Federal Courts Moot Court Competition.
  • New York University; B.A., journalism and sociology, magna cum laude
    • Scholastic Honors:
      • Phi Beta Kappa.
      • Founder’s Day Award for Academic Excellence
      • David James Burrell Prize – Outstanding Student, New York University Department of Journalism

Robin's Articles

January 6, 2010 Article  Julie Daniels  andRobin Kardon 
Don’t Pay Cash for Clunkers

As we bottom out on the recession and move into recovery, many corporate legal departments have started making what they believe are opportunistic hires. They seem to think that recent layoffs have made it easier to find candidates with the right legal and interpersonal skills. That's just not so. Instead, the abundance of unemployed attorneys ...

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My Favorite Quote:

There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.

More About Robin

In her spare time, Robin loves to exercise, read and write. She performs volunteer work for local animal shelters. Robin still flies small airplanes for fun.

Robin has the following to say about her career at MLA:
“Here’s what’s great about recruiting- it gives me the opportunity to make a positive impact on an organizational and individual level. Whether I’m helping a corporation structure and build its law department, or working with an attorney in transition, the advice, counsel and time I provide makes a difference.”