Full Name:
Robert Benham
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Nell; 2 Children: Corey, Austin
Birth Date:
09/25/1946
Birth Place:
Cartersville, GA
Home City:
Cartersville, GA
Attended, Harvard University
LLM, University of Virginia, 1989
JD, Lumpkin School of Law, University of Georgia, 1970
BS, Political Science, Tuskegee University, 1967
No political experience information on file.
Chair, Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism
Member, Federal-State Jurisdiction Committee
Member, Georgia Commission on Children and Youth
Former Chair, Governor's Commission on Drug Awareness and Prevention
Chair, Judicial Council
Member, State Bar Task Force on the Involvement of Women and Minorities in the Profession
Former Trial Attorney, Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Incorporated
Former Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Georgia
Former Captain, United States Army Reserve
Former Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1989-2020
Judge, Georgia State Court of Appeals, 1984-1989
Member, Alpha Phi Alpha
Member, American Judicature Society
Member, Bartow County Bar Association
Former President, Bartow County Bar Association
Former Board Member, Federal Lawyers Association
Former Board Member, Georgia Association of Trial Lawyers
Member, Georgia Bar Foundation
Former Vice President, Georgia Conference of Black Lawyers
Trustee, Georgia Legal History Foundation
Member, Governor's Business Institute
Member, Lawyers' Club of Atlanta
Member, National Association of Court Management
Member, National Conference of Chief Justices
Member, National Criminal Justice Association
Member, Scribes, American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects
President, Society for Alternative Dispute Resolution
Father's Name:
Clarence Benham
Mother's Name:
Jesse Knox Benham