Michael Robinson is Vice President of Environment, Energy and Safety Policy. Prior to his current position, he was Vice-President and General Counsel of North America for General Motors Company and formerly held the same position for General Motors Corporation. Mr. Robinson joined General Motors in 1984 upon graduation from Villanova Law School and has held a number of positions on the General Motors Corporation Legal Staff.
Before assuming the NA General Counsel role in 2008, Mr. Robinson served as a Practice Area Manager and Managing Attorney responsible for a variety of regulatory functions including environmental issues, vehicle regulation issues (safety and vehicle emissions) and marketing and trade regulation issues. Prior to that, he was the Corporate Compliance Officer. During the 1990’s he also provided counsel to General Motors leadership on matters involving lobbying and government ethics issues.
Mr. Robinson graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA) in 1977 and was commissioned as an officer in the US Air Force from 1977-1981 serving in Mississippi, Oklahoma and Alaska during those years. He received an M.A. in Political Science and International Relations from Oklahoma State University in 1980 and a J.D. from Villanova University in 1984.
