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Judge Robyn Moberly, '78, Will Receive IBA's Antoinette Dakin Leach Award
09/04/2018
Chief Judge Robyn Moberly of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana will receive the Antoinette Dakin Leach Award. The honor, which is presented by the Indianapolis Bar Association's Women & the Law Division, recognizes the significant accomplishments of female attorneys in Indiana. Judge Moberly will receive the award on October 25.
Judge Moberly is the first woman to serve in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Indiana. Prior to joining the federal bench, Judge Moberly served on the trial court bench in Marion County, focusing on domestic violence, major felony, and civil cases. She has served as president of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and the Indiana Judges Association. She was named to the Indianapolis Business Journal's Women of Influence list in 2016.
Antoinette Dakin Leach was the first woman to challenge a bar admission denial based on gender. She filed the case in 1893, and while the Indiana Supreme Court granted her a license to practice law, many lawyers didn't agree with the decision, and she was not admitted to the Indiana State Bar Association until 1909.
