Roxanne Barton Conlin (born June 30, 1944) is an American lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa from 1977 to 1981.
[2][better source needed] Conlin has served as the first female president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA).
She also founded and was the first chair of the Iowa Women's Political Caucus and served as president of NOW's Legal Defense and Education Fund.
In October 2009, she announced she was running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in 2010 against Bob Krause and Tom Fiegen.
[5][6][failed verification] Conlin later lost the November 2010 general election against six-term Republican incumbent Chuck Grassley.