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GA HR2141

Resolution

Status

Passed

3/29/2012

Primary Sponsor

Rich Golick

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Origin

House of Representatives

2011-2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Commends Judge Dorothy A. Robinson on the occasion of her retirement after 40 years of service as a trial judge in Georgia
  • Appointed to the State Court of Cobb County in 1972, making her the first woman in Georgia history to serve as judge of a court of record; in 1980, became the first woman elected as a Superior Court Judge in the Cobb Judicial Circuit; and in 1985, became the first woman in the 140-year history of the Georgia Supreme Court invited to sit as a Justice Pro Hac Vice
  • Earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from St. John's University (1961), graduated from St. Louis University School of Law (1967), and the University of Nevada National Judicial College (1979)
  • Served as chief judge of the Cobb Circuit (1995–1997), president of the State Trial Judges and Solicitors Association of Georgia, and president of the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, among other leadership roles
  • Introduced by Representatives Golick of the 34th and Evans of the 40th; directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of the resolution to Judge Robinson

Legislative Description

Robinson, Judge Dorothy A.; commend

Last Action

House Read and Adopted

3/29/2012

Full Bill Text

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