His private practice focuses on business, real estate and community economic development work, with a growing emphasis on environmental public policy. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Business Law and Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Sections, and is the Midwest Regional Vice President for the National Lawyers Guild. Robin has been involved in challenges to hydrocarbon pipelines, having worked in opposing construction permitting for the Keystone XL Pipeline in South Dakota, and now in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline.