Robins Kaplan

Robins Kaplan LLP is a U.S. trial law firm founded in 1938 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm specializes in complex, high-stakes litigation, with practice areas spanning intellectual property, business litigation, antitrust, entertainment and media law, and mass torts. Its clients include global corporations, startups and individuals, and the firm's work has produced outcomes such as a $6.5 billion settlement in Big Tobacco litigation and a $5.5 billion result in interchange fee litigation.

The firm employs more than 200 attorneys across seven major U.S. cities. Alongside its trial practice, it maintains in-house expert resources, including medical advisors, Ph.D. scientists and financial consultants, who support case development and damages analysis. Its technical capabilities extend to legal project management, trial practice technology, medical and scientific case analysis, and complex litigation analytics.

Robins Kaplan also operates a Trial Practice Center, a facility and programme designed to support trial preparation and presentation, and runs structured legal project management programmes for handling matters efficiently. The firm describes itself as innovative in its approach to legal practice, with investment in technology and in-house expertise.

The firm was founded on the conviction that everyone deserves equal access to justice, with founding principles of fairness, justice and equality under the law. Its origins include a commitment to combating antisemitism and the barriers faced by Jewish attorneys. It reports strong commitments to diversity, community service and pro bono work, and the belief that legal representation extends beyond the courtroom.