Joni (Joan) C. Robin

Joni attended law school at at the American University, Washington College of Law (WCL), where she graduated magna cum laude. 

Following law school, she worked as a judicial law clerk at the D.C. Superior Court for the Honorable Reggie B. Walton, who is now a federal judge at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  After her clerkship, Joni began working for the Alexandria Office of Public Defender, where she was ultimately promoted to the position of Senior Assistant Public Defender. During the 2004-2005 school year, while still working at the Public Defender’s Office, Joni taught legal writing as an Adjunct Professor at the American University, WCL.

In her nine years at the PD’s Office, Joni successfully defended over a thousand criminal cases.  She has experience handling a wide array of cases including DWI and traffic related offenses, complex white collar fraud cases, drug and property crimes, robbery, firearm offenses, child abuse cases, possession of child pornography, sexual assault, and murder.  Joni has obtained acquittals for her clients in both judge and jury trials and at the appellate level in both the Virginia Court of Appeals and the Virginia Supreme Court.