Terrie L. Robinson

Terrie L. Robinson is the principal of the Law Office of Terrie L. Robinson, LLP, which represents tribes in tribal cultural resources protection matters. A fifth-generation Californian, Ms. Robinson has been licensed to practice law in California for thirty-two years and retired from service with the State of California in 2021. During her sixteen years with the State of California, she served as the Legal Ethics and Accountability Attorney for the California State Teachers’ Retirement System; General Counsel for the California Native American Heritage Commission; Senior Board Counsel to the Chair of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board; and staff counsel to the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community College System and the California Earthquake Authority. Ms. Robinson most recently served as the Directing Attorney of the Sacramento Office of California Indian Legal Services.

Ms. Robinson holds a Bachelor’s in Political Science from Stanford University; a Master’s in Public Affairs from Princeton University; and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School, where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. In her spare time, Ms. Robinson enjoys mentoring youth with the Florin High School Law Academy, helping single mothers and military spouses secure employment with the State of California, cooking, reading, and writing.