Judge Jonathan J. Robertson
(Senior Judge)

Jonathan J. Robertson was born in Jackson County, Indiana.  He graduated from Indiana University with a B.S. in 1954 and received his J.D. from the Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1961.  He served in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956.

Judge Robertson was elected to the Appellate Court and assumed office in 1971 and retained on the Court of Appeals in 1974, 1984, and 1994, retiring in 1997.  He served as Chief Judge from 1975 to 1978.  Judge Robertson served as Judge of the Jackson Circuit Court from 1965 to 1970 and was Counsel to the Indiana General Assembly's House of Representatives in 1963.  From 1963 to 1964, he was the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney and engaged in the private practice of law in Seymour, Indiana from 1961 to 1964.  Judge Robertson is a graduate of the National College of the State Judiciary at the University of Nevada, the Intermediate Judges Seminar at New York University, and the Indiana Judicial College.

Judge Robertson has served on numerous committees of the Indiana Judges Association, the Indiana Judicial Center, and the Criminal Justice Planning Agency.  He is a former distinguished lecturer and adjunct professor at IUPUI and has served as a panelist and speaker at the Vanderbilt University School of Law, the Indiana Judicial Center, the American Bar Association, and the Indiana State Bar Association.  He served on the Board of Managers of the Indiana Bar Association and the Indiana Judges Board of Managers.  At different points, he held all offices of the Jackson County Bar Association.  

Judge Robertson has been a Senior Judge on the Court of Appeals and a number of southern Indiana trial courts since January 1, 1998.