Joseph K. Robinson

Phone: (615) 320-3700 ext. 135  -  jrobinson@rjfirm.com

Joseph Robinson practices commercial litigation. Joseph earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. He graduated summa cum laude, first in his class, and was named to the Order of the Coif and the Order of the Barristers, which recognizes graduating law students who demonstrate exceptional skills in trial advocacy, oral advocacy, and brief writing.

While in law school, Joseph served for two semesters as an extern for the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Joseph was also selected to serve on the National Moot Court Team in 2020 and 2021, which placed first in the region each year. For his oral advocacy and brief writing on the National Moot Court Team, Joseph was awarded the American College of Trial Lawyers Medal of Excellence twice, the Center for Advocacy Brief Writing Award twice, and the University of Tennessee College of Law’s highest moot court award, the Susan Devitt Moot Court Award. Joseph was elected to serve as a Member-at-Large to the Student Bar Association twice and was a member of the Moot Court Board.

Before law school, Joseph earned a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and a Master of Arts in German from the University of Tennessee. While completing his graduate studies, Joseph was awarded a scholarship to study at the University of Stuttgart in Germany for one year, and he taught undergraduate German courses at the University of Tennessee. He graduated from Montgomery Bell Academy.

Education

University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D. 2022
University of Tennessee, M.A 2018
University of Tennessee, B.A. 2016

Bar Admissions

Tennessee, 2022

Memberships

American Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association
Nashville Bar Association