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Key Facts
- State level: A Delaware Family Court media release described the Irish Legal 100 as recognizing prominent lawyers of Irish descent and linked the recognition to Irish Voice and Irish America.
- State level: The same Delaware release described lawyers as being chosen from law schools, law firms, the judiciary, and industry.
- National overview: Albany Law School reported that the Irish Legal 100 awards ceremony took place at the Irish Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 13, 2011.
- National overview: Albany Law School listed Bill Robinson as “Incoming President, American Bar Association” among the 2011 honorees.
- State level: The Delaware Family Court release listed Bill Robinson as “incoming President of the American Bar Association” among the 2011 Irish Legal 100 honorees.
- State level: Thomas More College stated that Wm. T. Robinson III was inducted into the Irish Legal 100 of 2011 in October.
- National overview: Ohio Lawyer (Ohio State Bar Association) later referenced Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III being named to the 2017 Irish Legal 100.
Purpose of this archive recovery item
This archive recovery piece provides legal information about how institutions described the 2011 Irish Legal 100 recognition that included Bill Robinson, using the specific language found in the reviewed sources. The focus stays historical: the sources describe a public-facing professional recognition event, not a current legal rule. The sources reviewed for this archive item are summarized throughout.
- Purpose of this archive recovery item
- What the Irish Legal 100 was described as recognizing
- The October 2011 ceremony context reported by Albany Law School
- Bill Robinson’s role in the 2011 honoree list as described
- Reconciling name variants across the archive record
- Why professional recognition announcements show up in legal history
- A later reference that keeps the program visible after 2011
- What the archive item does not establish about legal rights or credentials
- Bottom line takeaway for readers reviewing this historical record
- Related legal information
- Sources
What the Irish Legal 100 was described as recognizing
In the reviewed sources, the Irish Legal 100 is presented as a recognition program for prominent lawyers of Irish descent. A Delaware Family Court media release described the Irish Legal 100 as recognizing the “most prominent lawyers of Irish descent throughout the United States” in connection with the Irish Voice newspaper and Irish America magazine (Delaware Family Court media release).
The same Delaware release described the selection as drawing from different parts of the legal community, stating that “lawyers are chosen from law schools, law firms, the judiciary and industry across America” (Delaware Family Court media release).
The October 2011 ceremony context reported by Albany Law School
Albany Law School reported that the Irish Legal 100 awards ceremony occurred “at an awards ceremony at the Irish Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13” (Albany Law School news page). The Albany description also repeated the recognition framing about distinguished lawyers of Irish descent and the selection concept described elsewhere.
Bill Robinson’s role in the 2011 honoree list as described
Both the Delaware Family Court release and the Albany Law School notice describe Bill Robinson in the 2011 honoree context with the same leadership-election framing. The Delaware release listed “Bill Robinson, incoming President of the American Bar Association” among the 2011 Irish Legal 100 honorees (Delaware Family Court media release).
Albany Law School similarly identified “Bill Robinson, Incoming President, American Bar Association” as one of the 2011 honorees (Albany Law School news page).
Because these sources use the term “incoming” for the American Bar Association leadership role in the 2011 context, the record reads as a transition or election-era description rather than a current-era statement about officeholding.
Reconciling name variants across the archive record
Archive recovery often runs into a practical problem: different publications can use different name formats for the same person. In this record, the sources connect the 2011 Irish Legal 100 context to both “Bill Robinson” and “Wm. T. Robinson III,” without forcing a single universal spelling.
The name wording used by each publication in the 2011 Irish Legal 100 context is summarized below:
| Source publication | Name wording used | Role linkage in the source |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware Family Court media release | “Bill Robinson” | Described him as incoming President of the American Bar Association among the 2011 Irish Legal 100 honorees |
| Albany Law School news page | “Bill Robinson” | Listed him as “Incoming President, American Bar Association” among the 2011 honorees |
| Thomas More College ‘Moreover’ (Fall 2011) | “Wm. T. Robinson III” | Stated that Wm. T. Robinson III was inducted into the Irish Legal 100 of 2011 in October |
| Ohio Lawyer Jan/Feb 2018 PDF | “Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III” | Later referenced him as named to the 2017 Irish Legal 100 |
To keep the archive recovery accurate, this article preserves each publication’s stated wording for names and roles while using the shared recognition-event context to connect the entries.
Why professional recognition announcements show up in legal history
Even when a record involves no court order or statutory change, it can matter in legal-history reading. The 2011 materials connect recognizable legal institutions and professional roles to a public-facing recognition program for lawyers of Irish descent. Delaware Family Court’s media-release style uses its official channel to describe the Irish Legal 100 event and associate it with the 2011 honoree list and leadership-era framing (Delaware Family Court media release).
For readers comparing leadership-related archive items, the practical value often comes from understanding how professional networks publicly described leadership transitions and institutional prominence at a particular moment in time, including how a single individual can appear under multiple name formats.
A later reference that keeps the program visible after 2011
The archive record also includes a later mention connected to the same individual. Ohio Lawyer (Ohio State Bar Association) included a statement that “Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III” was named to the “2017 Irish Legal 100” (Ohio Lawyer Jan/Feb 2018 PDF).
This later reference does not change the historical meaning of the 2011 announcements; it shows that the Irish Legal 100 recognition continued to be discussed as an ongoing professional-listing topic after 2011.
What the archive item does not establish about legal rights or credentials
These documents describe the Irish Legal 100 in terms of professional recognition and selection framing. In this archive context, the materials do not describe the Irish Legal 100 listing as a court finding, a licensing decision, or a regulatory ruling under U.S. law; instead, they document what the publications said about the recognition program and the 2011 honoree context.
Bottom line takeaway for readers reviewing this historical record
Taken together, the reviewed sources show how multiple institutions described the Irish Legal 100 recognition connected to an October 2011 event and tied Bill Robinson to the 2011 honoree list using the “incoming President, American Bar Association” role language. The record also shows that name formatting varies across publications—“Bill Robinson,” “Wm. T. Robinson III,” and “Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III”—while referring back to the same recognition context described by these sources.
