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Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Margret Robb, J.D. ’78, will retire from the court in summer 2023. She was appointed to the court in 1998 by Governor Frank O’Bannon and was the first woman elected chief judge of the appellate court is its 110-year history.

Honored for her public service, some of Judge Robb’s awards include the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Distinguished Alumni, Indianapolis Business Journal Woman of Influence, Indiana State Bar Association “100 Years of Women in the Legal Profession,” appointment to the ABA committee responsible for accrediting law schools, and election as president of the national Council of Chief Judges of State Courts of Appeal.

Prior to her appointment to the Court, Judge Robb practiced law in Lafayette for 20 years and served as a Chapter 11, 12 and a standing Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee for the Northern District of Indiana. She was a registered family and civil mediator and served as a Tippecanoe County deputy public defender.

Judge Robb has served as president of the IU McKinney Alumni Association, the bankruptcy section of the Indiana State Bar Association, the Indiana Bar Foundation, appellate practice section of the Indiana State Bar Association, the Appellate Judges Council of the American Bar Association, and the Appellate Judges Education Institute. She has been an officer of the Indiana State Bar Association, the Fellows of the Indiana State Bar Foundation, Tippecanoe County Bar Association, and the National Association of Women Judges. She has also been a board member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, the Indianapolis Bar Foundation, and the Senior Council Section of the Indianapolis Bar Association. She was the moderator for the 2005-2006 and chair for the 2006-2007 Indianapolis Bar Association’s Bar Leader Series. For 17 years, Judge Robb chaired a continuing legal education program that raised over a million dollars to fund scholarships for law school students. She is also a member of the American Bar Foundation, American Judicature Society, a Master Fellow of the Indiana State Bar Foundation. and is an elected member of the American Law Institute. She is a frequent speaker and author on legal topics for attorneys, other judges, and professional, civic and community organizations.