Robin Jacobsohn, Esq.

Robin joined AWI in 2022 and provides strategic advice and oversight for legal issues relating to AWI programs and operations.

Robin has devoted much of her career to public service, both in government positions and the private sector (where she built and participated in pro bono programs). Her roles have included law clerk on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; partner at Williams & Connolly; deputy assistant attorney general (defending tort suits against the United States) and associate deputy attorney general (advising leadership on national security, litigation, and legal policy issues) at the Department of Justice; deputy general counsel at the Department of Defense (managing department-wide litigation and complex legal issues); and general counsel at the Office of Personnel Management (managing aftermath of data breach). She has tried cases, argued appeals, testified before Congress and a UN committee, counseled senior officials, helped draft legislation and regulations, and crafted creative approaches to uncharted areas of law. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School.

Robin’s work at the Justice Department included overseeing environmental and natural resources matters and service on the animal cruelty working group. A lifelong animal lover and photographer, most of her travel has focused on animals, including volunteering at an African wildlife sanctuary. She currently shares her home with a devilish but adorable nearly-blind rescue kitty.