Overview
(April 3, 2026, Los Angeles) – The Daily Journal has named California regional managing partner Robyn Crowther to its 2026 list of Leading Commercial Litigators in California. The annual award series recognizes attorneys who have served as lead counsel on major litigation in California or on national litigation that impacted California substantially.
Robyn is a trial lawyer focusing on commercial disputes. She represents individuals, multinational corporations, municipalities, and small businesses. She has experience in provisional and preliminary remedies, pleading attacks, and motions for summary adjudication and summary judgment. Robyn brings exceptional first-chair trial and arbitration experience to complex commercial disputes, intellectual property litigation, and high-stakes contractual matters, consistently delivering strategic and favorable outcomes for her clients.
Robyn has particular experience in employee mobility and trade-secret matters, copyright enforcement and contractual disputes. Her cases have involved civil trials and arbitration before various tribunals, including JAMS, AAA, FINRA and various state and federal courts. In recent matters, she has successfully disposed of claims asserted against Elite Model Management at the pleading stage that improperly sought to subject Elite to certain, inapplicable, provisions of the California Labor Code. She is currently representing a major Chinese manufacturer of mobile phones, smartwatches and other devices against trade secret claims asserted by Apple, Inc. and pursuing trade secret claims on behalf of a financial institution against a competitor.
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In more than 110 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients and innovative thinking before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
