888 South Figueroa Street, Suite
1800
Los Angeles, California 90017
Voice: (213) 337-3240
Fax: (213) 624-3755
Email: rharrison@wrightrobinson.com
Robert Harrison joined Wright, Robinson in 1990. Formerly with a San Francisco firm specializing in insurance defense litigation, Rob has extensive litigation and appellate experience in matters ranging from products liability to interpretation of the Warsaw Convention for international air carriers. He has been engaged to defend commercial air carriers, various California public entities, retail businesses, fireworks manufacturers, recreational vehicle manufacturers, and convalescent care facilities. Rob has argued approximately 50 appellate cases.
PRACTICE AREAS
• Products
Liability
• Public Entity
Law
• Appellate
Practice
• Employment
NOTABLE
ENGAGEMENTS
• Defending a
national retail
chain for
wrongful
termination and
premises
liability claims
• Defending
national
manufacturing
company with
commercial
trucking routes
in intrastate
and interstate
commerce
• Lead appellate
counsel
challenging
applicability of
Song-Beverly Act
to recreational
vehicle coach
manufacturers
• Lead counsel
for
international
air carrier in a
matter relating
to
interpretation
of Warsaw
Convention
provisions
• Represented
manufacturer of
recreational
vehicles in
Song-Beverly Act
warranty
litigation
• Defended
Southern
California city
in taxation
dispute between
off-site and
on-site airport
car rental
company
involving the
commerce clause
of the United
States
Constitution
• Successfully
defended major
national retail
store in
personal injury
matters
involving
product
liability
• Developed
litigation
strategy from
claim to trial
for Hartford
Insurance
Company
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS
• State Bar of
California
• Federal Bar
Association
• American Bar
Association
EDUCATION
• J.D.,
University of
California,
Hastings College
of the Law, 1984
Associate
Editor, Hastings
Law Review
• B.A.
University of
the Pacific,
Stockton, 1981
LICENSURE AND ADMISSIONS
• State Bar of
California, 1985
• All United
States District
Courts in
California
• United States
Court of Appeals
for the Ninth
Circuit