Judge Margret G. Robb
(Fifth District)

115 W. Washington Street
Suite 1270 South Tower
Indianapolis, IN  46204
(317) 233-3668

Margret G. Robb was appointed to the Indiana Court of Appeals in July 1998 by Gov. Frank O’Bannon. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Business Economics from Purdue, and is a 1978 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis.

Prior to joining the Court, Judge Robb was engaged in the general practice of law for 20 years in Lafayette and was a Chapter 11, 12 and a Standing Chapter 7 Bankruptcy trustee for the Northern District of Indiana; and the Federal Advisory Committee for the expediting of Federal Litigation. She was a registered family and civil law mediator and served as a Tippecanoe County Deputy Public Defender. She chairs the Supreme Court Task Forces on Family Courts, the development of Trial Court Local Rules, and is involved in several projects to benefit the Indiana legal system. She has also served as a member of the Indiana Board of Law Examiners, the Governance Committee of the Supreme Court IOLTA (Interest On Lawyers’ Trust Accounts) Committee; the Federal Advisory Committee on Local Rules for the Federal Court for the Northern District of Indiana; and Federal Advisory Committee for the expediting of Federal Litigation.

Judge Robb has held numerous Board positions for and been an officer for the Indiana State Bar Association, Indiana Bar Foundation, Tippecanoe County Bar Association, Indianapolis Bar Association, Indianapolis Bar Foundation, American Bar Foundation, National Association of Women Judges, Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis Alumni Association, and speaks frequently on legal topics for attorneys and other judges. Judge Robb was Founding Chair of the Governor Otis Bowen’s Commission on the Status of Women; was a recipient of the 1993 Indiana State Bar Association’s “Celebrating 100 Years of Women in the Legal Profession” award; the 2001 Maynard K. Hine distinguished alumni award, given in recognition of support and service to IUPUI and Indiana University; the 2004 Bernadette Perham “Indiana Women of Achievement” Award, bestowed by Ball State University in honor of one of their outstanding professors; the 2005 Indiana State Bar Association’s Women in the Law Recognition Award; and the 2006 Tippecanoe County YWCA Salute to Women “Women of Distinction” Award.

Judge Robb, who was retained on the Court of Appeals by election in 2000, is married to a professor at Purdue.  Their son, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, is on active duty in the U.S. Navy.