Roger Robb was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, anti-communist, and trial attorney.
13 Facts About Roger Robb
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Roger Robb served as special counsel to an Atomic Energy Commission hearing that led to revocation of J Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance in 1954.
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Roger Robb received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1928.
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Roger Robb received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1931.
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Roger Robb was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1931 to 1938.
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Roger Robb was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1938 to 1969.
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Roger Robb was the court-appointed attorney for Earl Browder, a leader of the Communist Party, in a Contempt of Congress case in 1950, earning praise from Browder despite their political differences.
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Roger Robb successfully defended Otto Otepka, a former State Department official accused of giving unauthorized material to a Senate committee.
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In 1969, Roger Robb represented Barry Goldwater in his libel suit against Ralph Ginzburg and Fact magazine, which had claimed that Goldwater was mentally unstable.
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Roger Robb was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 5,1969, and received his commission on May 6,1969.
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Roger Robb assumed senior status on May 31,1982, and was succeeded by Judge Antonin Scalia.
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Roger Robb's service was terminated when he died on December 19,1985.
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On television, Robb was portrayed by Philip O'Brien in the final episode of the 1980 BBC miniseries Oppenheimer, and by Michael Cumpsty in The Trials of J Robert Oppenheimer, a 2009 episode of the PBS series The American Experience.