Speakers

2011 Conference Speakers

Laurie Robinson

Laurie Nicole Robinson 

Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, CBS Corporation

Laurie Nicole Robinson was recently promoted to Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of CBS Corporation, where she reports directly to the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of CBS Corporation. Robinson assumes executive and managerial responsibilities in interfacing with legal divisions, facilitating training and overseeing the legal department’s initiatives and special projects.

Prior to this promotion, Robinson served as the Vice President and Assistant General Counsel and previously served as the Assistant General Counsel and Director of Training and Development for CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Prior to joining CBS, Ms. Robinson worked at two New York City law firms, Seyfarth Shaw LLP and Epstein, Becker and Green, P.C.

Robinson is the founder and CEO of Corporate Counsel Women of Color®, a non-profit organization of over 2,500 women attorneys of color who work primarily for Fortune 1000 and Forbes 2000 legal departments.

Robinson graduated magna cum laude from North Carolina Central University with a bachelor of arts degree in 1994. She earned her juris doctorate from Indiana University School of Law at Bloomington.