Mckenzie Robinson is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.
Before joining the firm, Mckenzie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Kenneth K. Lee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable John W. Holcomb of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Mckenzie graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2023. While in law school, she served as the Senior Supervising Editor of the California Law Review, worked as a research assistant for Dean Erwin Chemerinksy, and competed on the Trial Team. She also externed for the Honorable Jon S. Tigar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Mckenzie was a semifinalist in the James Patterson McBaine Moot Court Competition, for which she also won a Best Brief award. She was elected to Order of the Coif and Order of Barristers, and she received the Stephen Finney Jamison Prize, which is awarded annually to the graduating student with the best combined record of academic and advocacy excellence.
Prior to law school, Mckenzie worked as a paralegal in the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice and as a special assistant in the Office of the Associate Attorney General. She graduated cum laude from Kenyon College in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in English and Economics.
She is admitted to practice law in the State of California.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- University of California, Berkeley - 2023 Juris Doctor
- Kenyon College - 2018 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar
Clerkships:
- USDC, Central District of California, Hon. John W. Holcomb, 2024 - 2025
- US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, Hon. Kenneth K. Lee, 2023 - 2024