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# Carol Ann Robb

Seventh District Court of Appeals · Court of Appeals Judge

## Profile

- Court: Seventh District Court of Appeals
- State: Ohio
- Role: Court of Appeals Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Carol Ann Robb has been a judge on the Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals since November 4, 2014, after winning her county in a landslide election.
- Judge Carol Ann Robb is a Republican‐affiliated judge of the Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals, elected in 2014 and serving until 2027, with a distinguished career in trial courts, private practice, and judicial leadership
- Expanded electronically monitored house arrest to indigent defendants, saving tax dollars and ensuring equal justice

### Education

- University of Akron School of Law — J.D. (1983)
- Youngstown State University — B.S.

### Additional information

- Methodist and active in local community organizations
- A Columbiana County native, Robb is the first in her family to graduate college.
- She also serves on the Ohio Judicial Conference Appellate Law & Procedure Committee and the Commission on the Rules of Superintendence Mahoning County, OH
- Judge Robb has been recognized for her innovative court programs, leadership in special docket committees, and service on the Ohio Judicial College.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### remote hearing exhibits

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance tells courts to include instructions for submitting exhibits or notifying the court of witnesses when remote-hearing information is sent to participants.

Evidence excerpt: Instructions for submitting exhibits or notifying the court of witnesses.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote hearing ground rules

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance recommends advance ground rules for documents, exhibits, screen sharing, and pre-marking exhibits for remote hearings.

Evidence excerpt: Documents: Share any documents/exhibits that will be reviewed in advance. Use the share screen function while documents are being discussed during the hearing. Request that the documents are pre-marked for exhibit purposes.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote recording

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance states that litigants, attorneys, and the public should be instructed not to record the hearing.

Evidence excerpt: The court should instruct the litigants, attorneys, and the public to not record the hearing.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Official roster](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Ohio Judicial Conference Directory official judicial roster](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
- [Wikidata: Carol Ann Robb](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139106222)

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