Trane J. Robinson

Prior to joining the firm, Trane was a Karas fellow for the Ohio attorney general’s office, serving as deputy solicitor general. In that role, Trane argued several appeals in the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and in the Supreme Court of Ohio, representing the Ohio attorney general and other state officials, agencies and public universities. He has written numerous briefs in the US Supreme Court, state supreme courts and federal courts of appeals.

Trane also assists on pro bono matters through the firm’s Sixth Circuit Clinic, helps manage the firm’s Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog, and is on the adjunct faculty of University of Cincinnati College of Law, teaching Appellate Practice & Procedure.

Trane was a law clerk to the Hon. J. Philip Calabrese of the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and to the Hon. R. Patrick DeWine of the Supreme Court of Ohio.