Charles F. Robinson
General Counsel and Vice President
for Legal Affairs

Charles Robinson began his tenure as general counsel in January 2007. As general counsel, he is the chief legal officer of the University and reports to the Board of Regents and the President of the University.

Since 2000, Robinson has been vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for the California Independent System Operator Corp., California’s wholesale electric transmission operator based in Folsom, CA. Prior to that, he served as assistant general counsel for Packard Bell in Sacramento, division counsel for the Raychem Corp. in Menlo Park, and he was a partner at Heller Ehrman White and McAuliffe in San Francisco. He holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a J.D. from Yale University

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Fax: (510) 987-9757