Michael A. Geibelson
Managing Partner - California Offices
Michael Geibelson is the Managing Partner of Robins Kaplan LLP's California offices, the past Chair of the California State Bar’s Litigation Section, and a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) - the premier organization of US real estate lawyers. Mr. Geibelson is a business trial lawyer who represents retailers; restaurateurs; developers; technology and cannabis companies; and partnership participants in real estate and other business disputes involving false advertising and unfair competition; class actions; misappropriation of trade secrets; supply agreements; copyright; and trademark. Mr. Geibelson has extensive trial experience, and has secured victories for his clients at trial in a wide range of cases: from the representation of a foreclosing lender in the termination of a lease for a state-of-the art cannabis production facility, to the decertification of a class action involving alleged privacy violations with exposure to statutory damages of more than $1 billion, to violations of the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act. Mr. Geibelson has worked with Robins Kaplan's Los Angeles since its founding in 1995 and became the California Offices' Managing Partner in 2008. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his BA in Rhetoric, and received his J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Mr. Geibelson is extensively involved in community and legal affairs. In addition to his work with the Litigation Section, he is a member of the Board of the Bandini Foundation (operator of the Heroes Golf Course at the West Los Angeles VA); the Advisory Board of Angel City Sports (a paralympics organization); the past Chair of the Editorial Board of Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine; and has performed extensive pro bono work involving adoptions, environmental issues, and small business disputes. Achievements & Other Notable Experience • Awarded Wiley M. Manuel Pro Bono Certificate • California Lawyers Association for providing at least 50 hours of pro bono legal services (2023) • Listed in 500 Leading Litigators in America • Lawdragon (2022) • Named to LA Business Journal’s Thriving in their 40’s List (2020) • Southern California Super Lawyer • Super Lawyers (2010 to 2023) • Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Pro Bono Award (2006) • Public Interest Law Foundation Pro Bono Award • Public Interest Law Foundation of Loyola Law School (2005) • Rising Star • Law & Politics Magazine (2004 to 2009) • Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services • Presented by the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California (2004, 2006)
