Attorneys

 

Virginia M. Robinson

Attorney, Owner

Ms. Robinson is a former business manager and non-profit executive who successfully combines her years of accumulated business acumen with her legal experience to offer quality legal services to individuals, businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Ms. Robinson completed her undergraduate work Suma Cum Laude at Whitworth University in Organizational Management. Her pre-law experience includes ten years in contract administration for the entertainment industry and ten years in publishing management and administration for a non-profit publishing company. Virginia graduated with her Juris Doctor from Gonzaga University School of Law in 2005, and served as law clerk for the Honorable Lansing Haynes, First Judicial District of Idaho, for two years. Subsequently, Ms. Robinson worked in private practice for several years before establishing Attorneys Northwest, Inc., a non-profit law firm, where she provided legal services to her community for six years.  Now, Ms. Robinson has returned to private practice here at her private firm, Robinson Law, PLLC.

As a spouse to a retired member of the LAPD, Ms. Robinson proudly offers special pricing for Estate Planning packages to active or retired Law Enforcement, Fire Department members, or First Responders currently residing in Idaho. Ms. Robinson practices primarily in the Coeur d’Alene region, but also commutes to the Boise area for Estate Planning services.

Practice Areas

• Estate Planning
• Probate
• Elder law, including Guardianship and Conservatorships
• Employment law
• Civil litigation
• Business law, including churches and non-profit organizations
• Contracts and Service Agreements
• Entertainment Law

Bar Admissions

• Idaho, 2006
• U.S. District Court, District of Idaho, 2006

Education

•  Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington
  • Juris Doctor, 2005
• Whitworth University, Spokane, Washington
  • Bachelor of Arts, 2002
    Honors: summa cum laude
    Major: Organizational Management

 

 

Katherine Robinson Olivier

Associate Attorney

Katherine “Kate” Olivier completed her undergraduate degree magna cum laude from the University of Idaho in 2013 with a B.S. in Organizational Sciences, together with an Emphasis in Business and a specialization in Organizations and Communities. Her undergraduate studies included targeted coursework in Non-profit Organizations. Prior to law school, she worked as a civil litigation paralegal for five years and later as a law firm administrator for seven years.

Ms. Olivier graduated cum laude with her Juris Doctor from Gonzaga University School of Law. During her final year of law school, Kate served as the Judicial Extern for the Honorable Frederick P. Corbit for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Washington.

Kate’s extensive law firm experience, distinguished academic record, and valuable life experience as a married mother of two, gives her a practical understanding of law and life that makes her uniquely qualified to serve the firm’s clients as an associate attorney.

Practice Areas

• Probate
• Guardianships/Conservatorships
• Guardian ad Litem
• Estate Planning
• Non-Profit Corporations: Formation and Management
• Adoption

Bar Admissions

• Idaho, 2022
• U.S. District Court, District of Idaho, 2022

Education

•  Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington
  • Juris Doctor, 2022
  • Honors: cum laude
• University of Idaho
  • Bachelor of Science, 2013
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Major: Organizational Sciences; Business Emphasis

Awards / Achievements

• Dean’s Distinguished Achievement Scholarship, Gonzaga University School of Law
• Lloyd Meeds Memorial Law Scholarship, Gonzaga University School of Law
• L. Warden Hanel Scholarship, Eastern Washington Bankruptcy Bar Association
• Cali Award, Transactional Drafting
• Cali Award, Sales

Publications

Practical Bankruptcy Advice for Family Law Lawyers