Roger Robb

Roger Robb (July 7, 1907 – December 19, 1985) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and trial attorney. He served as special counsel to an Atomic Energy Commission hearing that led to revocation of J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance in 1954. Early life Robb was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont, the son of Court of Appeals Judge Charles Henry Robb. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Yale University in 1928. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1931. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1931 to 1938. Career Robb was in private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1938 to 1969. Notable cases 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. He also successfully defended Otto Otepka, a former State Department official accused of giving unauthorized material to a Senate committee.