The Fearless Robbie Kaplan

The Fearless Robbie Kaplan

From Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin by iHeartPodcasts

February 17, 2026 · 43 min

About this episode

Roberta Kaplan discusses her legal career and recent high-profile cases, including her victories against Donald Trump.

Roberta “Robbie” Kaplan is a renowned civil litigator and trial lawyer with decades of experience in commercial, higher education, government regulation, civil rights, and employment litigation…but is perhaps best known for her recent triumph defending her client E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump. In both 2023 and 2024, Kaplan took on Trump in court and won both cases, securing two unanimous jury verdicts against him. Kaplan has been described as the kind of “lawyer that you don’t want to see opposing you” and has been consistently ranked as one of the top litigators in the country. Kaplan also famously argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of LGBT rights activist Edith Windsor in United States v. Windsor - which resulted in a landmark decision that invalidated a section of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and required the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages. Kaplan was formerly a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison before starting her own firm in 2017. In 2018, she co-founded the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund. Kaplan recently started a new firm in 2024 and is currently a partner at…

People in this episode

Guest: Roberta Kaplan

Topics covered

  • civil litigation
  • trial law
  • E. Jean Carroll
  • Donald Trump
  • LGBT rights
  • Supreme Court
  • Time's Up Legal Defense Fund

Keywords

  • litigator
  • commercial litigation
  • civil rights
  • employment litigation
  • landmark decision

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Kaplan Martin LLP

Places: United States

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