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Steve Robison was born in Topeka, Kansas September 29, 1947.  He graduated from Emporia State University in 1969 and received his Juris Doctor degree from The University of Kansas in 1975.  He is admitted to the Kansas Supreme Court, the United State District Court - Kansas, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Steve Robison practices primarily in the areas of commercial civil litigation, antitrust defense, intellectual property, eminent domain (condemnation), white collar civil and criminal defense, securities, and bank, business and health care fraud litigation. In recent years, Mr. Robison has:

• Successfully defended a hospital and health insurance carrier against antitrust claims made by another health insurance carrier. Coventry Health Care of Kansas, Inc. V. Via Christi Health Systems, Inc., 176 F. Supp.2d 1207 (D.Kan.2001)

• Participated in the successful defense of American Airlines against antitrust allegations made by the Department of Justice. United States v. AMR Corp., 140 F.Supp.2d 1141 (D.Kan.2001), aff’d, 335 F.3d 1109 (10^th Cir. 2003)

• Defended numerous defense contractors against a variety of claims by the Department of Justice and the Department of Defense. The matters have generally been disposed of without a criminal or civil case being filed by the government; accordingly, the names of those companies cannot be disclosed.

• Prosecuted claims of trade secret violations on behalf of businesses.

• Defended health care providers against claims of fraud by the Department of Justice. As in the defense contractor area, the matters have been successfully concluded without a criminal or civil case being filed, so the names of the companies and individuals cannot be disclosed.

• Represented landowners in condemnation proceedings brought by state and municipal authorities.

Mr. Robison is a member of the Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations. He has been an instructor at seminars for the Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations on topics such as health care fraud, securities litigation, defense contractor fraud, trial tactics, evidence and ethics.

Mr. Robison has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America^® for over 15 years and recently in "Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers"^®  in the area of Civil Litigation Defense. He is one of four practicing lawyers appointed by the Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court to serve on the Kansas Judicial Council, which studies the judicial system and proposes changes to improve the system. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Mr. Robison is a member of the Wichita Downtown Rotary Club and is a director-at-large for the Wichita Crime Commission. He is a member of the Firm's Executive Committee.