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Cathy K. Robinsonundefined

Partner

California & South Dakota
(949) 477-5050


Cathy K. Robinson is a partner at Wright, Finlay & Zak, where she concentrates her practice on commercial, bank and finance, and real estate litigation. Since 2003, Ms. Robinson has represented a broad range of clients—including financial institutions, private and institutional lenders, loan servicers, investors, and business owners—in California and South Dakota state and federal courts, including the Bankruptcy Courts.

Ms. Robinson maintains a robust commercial litigation practice, with particular emphasis on secured transactions and collateral enforcement. Her experience extends to appointing and working with court-appointed receivers, including receiverships involving operating businesses, income-producing real estate, and complex collateral portfolios, as well as related injunction and provisional-remedy proceedings. In the real estate arena, Ms. Robinson handles disputes arising from commercial and residential property ownership, financing, development, and construction. Her experience includes foreclosure-related litigation, lien priority disputes, title and possession issues, and construction defect and payment claims. She has also represented owners, developers, contractors, and lenders in construction disputes, including mechanic’s liens, stop notices, general and subcontractor disputes, public works claims, and contract- and tort-based construction litigation. Ms. Robinson has extensive experience representing national, regional, and local loan servicers, investors, and originators in all aspects of mortgage banking and consumer finance litigation, and frequently serves as outside general counsel to clients on a wide range of business and operational matters. An experienced litigator, Ms. Robinson has tried cases in California and South Dakota, and is well versed in pretrial litigation, discovery disputes, depositions, arbitrations, mediation, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. She has appeared before the California Courts of Appeal, the California Supreme Court, and the South Dakota Supreme Court.

Ms. Robinson is admitted to practice in California and South Dakota and is admitted to all state and federal courts in both jurisdictions. She is a member of the California Mortgage Bankers Association (CMBA), the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), and serves on the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) State and Local Issues Committee. She is a frequent speaker on litigation and regulatory topics. Ms. Robinson is also a member of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) Trials Practice Area Committee and ProVisors – Irvine OC.

Education

  • University of South Dakota (B.S., Criminal Justice and Speech Communication, 1999)
  • University of South Dakota School of Law (J.D., 2002)

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