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Robert Benham's Biography

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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

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