Ms. Robb represents clients in the broadcast industry. Her practice is focused on commercial and business litigation, First Amendment litigation, pre-publication review and editing, copyright and trademark litigation, general commercial litigation, open government issues and privacy concerns.
Ms. Robb represents clients in the broadcast industry. Her practice is focused on commercial and business litigation, First Amendment litigation, pre-publication review and editing, copyright and trademark litigation, general commercial litigation, open government issues and privacy concerns.
Memberships & Honors
Ms. Robb is a member of the American Bar Association, Texas Bar Association and the Austin Bar Association. She is a current (2008-2011) and past (2001-2004) appointed member of the Judicial Relations Committee for the State Bar of Texas, and graduated from The First Amendment Institute's First Amendment Leadership Program in 2002. After completing law school, Ms. Robb clerked for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Chambers of W. Royal Furgeson) before going into private practice.
She is a board member of Austin’s PBS channel, KLRU (and on the Executive Committee and other committees), The American Heart Association (Capital Area Division), the Austin Music Foundation, the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty, Humanities Texas, and the Austin Film Society. She also serves on the Advisory Board for the Ann Richards School For Young Women Leaders and is a member of the Travis County Women Lawyers' Association. Ms. Robb served on The University of Texas' Commission of 125 (and the Service to Society Committee), and is an active member of Leadership Austin and The Seton Forum. She is the founder and chairman of the LBJ Library Future Forum and a director of The Austin Council of Foreign Affairs. In addition to these positions, Ms. Robb volunteers for several non-profits in the community, including Shoes For Austin, Reading is Fundamental of Austin and Volunteer Legal Services.
Ms. Robb was recently awarded the "Austin Under 40 Community Service Award" by the Austin Men's Alliance and Austin Women's League. The award recognizes Austin men and women under the age of 40 who have achieved extraordinary professional success while simultaneously demonstrating outstanding community service.
Presentations and Publications
- Speaker, “What the $#*& is up with the fleeting expletives (and fleeting images)?,” State Bar of Texas - 18th Annual Entertainment Law Institute, October 2-3, 2008.
- “The Journalist's Privilege and Shield Law,” speaker during the Austin Bench Bar Conference, April 18, 2008.
- “Free Flow of Information,” panelist during the Texas Daily Newspaper Association's Statewide Convention, March 11, 2008.
- “Hot Issues in Newsgathering,” facilitator for the American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law 13th Annual Conference in Boca Ratón, Florida, February 2008.