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Robin Beardsley Mark

Shareholder
Birmingham
rbeardsley@sirote.com
Tel: 205.930.5242
Fax: 205.212.3833
 Assistant
Tysha Valrie
tvalrie@sirote.com
205.930.5128

Robin is experienced in the areas of mortgage banking, creditors' rights, bankruptcy and white collar criminal defense matters. She has assisted in representing individuals facing grand jury investigations, law enforcement investigations and state capital offenses. Notably, Robin represented a defendant in a widely publicized public corruption case arising from the Jefferson County Sewer Litigation. In addition to her white collar practice, she regularly represents businesses in civil litigation, including lender liability cases with a particular emphasis in lender liability in bankruptcy and class action law suits. In February 2011, Robin received a winning defense verdict from a jury in the Northern District of Alabama on behalf of an Employer charged with Pregnancy Discrimination by the EEOC.

  • Admitted to practice 
    • US Supreme Court
    • US District Court Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Alabama
    • US District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
    • Mississippi Supreme Court
    • 5th Circuit Court of Appeals 
  • Defense Research Institute (DRI)
    • Young Lawyers Steering Committee, 2011 Co-Chair of the Women's Mentoring; Former Chair, Young Lawyers Civility and Professionalism Committee and Local Defense Organization (SLDO)
    • DRI ADR Steering Committee
    • DRI Government Enforcement and Corporate Compliance Committee
  • Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
  • Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program, Former Board of Directors
  • Cumberland School of Law
    • Basic Skills in Trial Advocacy, Adjunct Professor
    • Trial Advocacy Coach
  • Birmingham Magazine Top Attorney Rising Stars Under 40, 2009
  • Alabama Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2011
  • In 2000, served as the special appointed law clerk to the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama, working on the prosecution of Tommy Blanton and Bobby Frank Cherry for the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four girls in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • Birmingham Bar Association
    • 2010 Young Lawyers Section President
    • 2010 Executive Committee
    • Inaugural Future Leader's Forum, 2009
    • 2008 Young Lawyers Vice President Social
    • Grievance Committee 
  • Alabama State Bar Association
    • Leadership Forum, Class 7 
  • Mississippi Bar Association

 

Schools

  • Cumberland School of Law
    JD, 2002
  • University of Alabama
    BA, 1999

Additional Accolades

Cumberland School of Law

  • ATLA National Trial Advocacy Team
  • Tournament of Champions National Trial Team
  • American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Senior Associate Editor
  • Cordell Hull Speakers Forum, Chairman
  • Order of the Barristers
  • Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow

 

 

  • Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, Project Corporate Leadership, 2006
  • Birmingham Multiple Sclerosis Society, MS Leadership Class, 2009
  • Alabama Center for Law and Civic Education, Teen Court Volunteer
  • Birmingham Junior League
  • Exceptional Foundation, Junior Board of Directors
  • Girls Inc. of Central Alabama, Committee of 25 Junior Board


  • Speaker, “A Fool for a Client: Challenges and Ethical Obligations of Handling a Pro Se Litigant," DRI Annual Meeting, 2009
  • Speaker, “Consumer Protection Statutes: FDCPA, TILA, RESPA, SCRA & FCRA,” Mortgage Servicing Academy educational seminar, Irving, 2009
  • Speaker, “Special Assets,” On-Site Client Training, Minneapolis, 2009
  • Article, “Electronic Discovery: Is Your E-Mail Safe From It?” Birmingham Business Journal

Sirote’s Robin Beardsley Mark Moderator for IWIRC Panel - 5/3/2011

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Robin Beardsley Mark Admitted Before US Supreme Court - 3/31/2011

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Sirote’s Robin Beardsley Mark Serving As President for Young Lawyers, Honoring Local Charities - 11/29/2010

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Robin Beardsley Mark Published in For The Defense - 10/25/2010

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Sirote's Robin Beardsley and Marcus Maples Assume DRI Leadership Positions - 9/29/2009

Two Sirote attorneys will chair subcommittees for the 2009-10 Defense Research Institute Young Lawyers Committee. Read More


Birmingham Magazine Recognizes 17 From Sirote As Top Attorneys - 3/10/2009

Birmingham law firm, Sirote & Permutt, is pleased to announce that 17 attorneys from the firm were selected by their peers for inclusion in the list of “Top Attorneys” published in Birmingham Magazine. Read More


Sirote Announces Five New Shareholders - 3/6/2009

Sirote & Permutt, PC is pleased to announce the following new shareholders of the firm: Robin Beardsley, Ginny Cochran Rutledge, Jay Maples, Jeffrey Miller and Jeff Underwood. Read More