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Steven A. Robins
Principal
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Areas of Practice:
Land Use and Zoning
Includes:
Administrative, Business and Governmental Law
Land use planning, zoning and development matters
Phone:
(301) 657-0747
Fax:
(301) 347-1778
Email
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Birth Information:
1961
Past Employment Positions:
Hogan and Hartson, L.L.P., 1994 - 2001
Arent Fox, P.L.L.C., 1988-1993
Honors and Awards
Selected as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in the field of Land Use and Zoning,
2007-08 Edition.
Selected as finalist, 2006 Washington Business Journal "Washington's
Top Lawyers" Awards, Zoning and Land Use category
Washington SmartCEO Magazine, Member, "Legal Elite" 2007
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1986
J.D.
Editor, American Criminal Law Review
University of Michigan, 1983
B.S.
Honors: With Distinction
Major: Political Science
American Bar Association
Maryland Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
Virginia Bar Association
Montgomery County Bar Association
Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
Past Chairman of the Board, 2003-2004
Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
Chair, Public Safety Awards, 2001-Present
Maryland Technology Council
Urban Land Institute
Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association
Montgomery County Planning Board's Transportation Policy Report Task Force
Board of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington
Member and Former Counselor to the Board
Leadership Montgomery Class of 1991
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Mr. Robins is a principal in the firm practicing primarily in the real estate, administrative, business and governmental law areas with an emphasis on land use planning, zoning and development matters as well as the acquisition and financing of commercial, office, industrial/technology-related and residential developments. Mr. Robins received his undergraduate degree in political science, with distinction, in 1983 from the University of Michigan. He received his law degree in 1986 from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as an editor of the American Criminal Law Review.
Mr. Robins engages in a multi-jurisdictional practice and has extensive experience representing a diverse group of clients including developers, contractors, lenders, businesses and technology firms, landlords, counties, and municipalities in all areas of real estate law, land use, zoning and development law, commercial law, administrative law and lobbying. He has advised clients on numerous complex zoning map and text amendments, optional method of development applications, master plan amendments, comprehensive land use planning and zoning analyses, special exception and variance applications, preliminary and final plans of subdivisions, site plan review, condemnation matters, historic preservation and urban renewal issues, transit-oriented Smart Growth development, and on all aspects of regulatory permitting and licensing process. Mr. Robins often lectures on Smart Growth and other related topics.
Mr. Robins served on the Character Committee for the Court of Appeals of Maryland. He was Chairman of the Board of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce and currently serves as a life board member. He is a graduate of the Leadership Montgomery Class of 1991 and an active member in the Urban Land
Institute and the Maryland-National Capital Building Industry
Association. Mr. Robins also served as Counselor to the Board of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington and as President of the Ring House, a senior housing facility. Since 2001, Mr. Robins has served as Chair of the Montgomery County Public Safety Awards. Mr. Robins is admitted to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia and is a member of the American, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, and Montgomery County Bar Associations.
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