A. Gregory Poole

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Greg Poole
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Prior offices:
Georgia 7th Superior Court Cobb Circuit

Education
Bachelor's
Presbyterian College, 1982
Law
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, 1985


A. Gregory "Greg" Poole was a superior court judge of the Cobb County Judicial Circuit in Georgia. He was elected in July of 2012, effective the following January 1, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Dorothy A. Robinson. His last term expired in 2016.[1]

Education

Poole received his undergraduate degree in history from Presbyterian College in 1982 and his J.D. from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law in 1985.[1]

Career

  • 1990-2003: Represented Marietta Board of Education
  • 1985: Admitted to the State Bar of Georgia[1]

Awards and associations

Awards

  • 2004: Distinguished Judicial Service Award, Younger Lawyers Section of the State Bar of Georgia

Associations

  • State Bar of Georgia (Bench and Bar Committee; Consumer Assistance Program; Next Generation Courts Commission)
  • Cobb County Bar Association
  • Cobb Justice Foundation
  • Georgia Supreme Court Committee on Justice for Children
  • Advisor, Barton Child Law and Policy Center at Emory University
  • Master of the Bench/Member of Executive Committee, Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law American Inn of Court.
  • Former Trustee, Georgia Institute of Continuing Judicial Education - Judicial Council of Georgia.
  • Board of Directors, Marietta Schools Foundation
  • 2012: President, Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges[1]

2012 election

Poole ran against Van Pearlberg and Roland R. Castellanos in the July 31 election and was successful, receiving 51.3 percent of the vote.[2][3] The candidates were competing to fill the vacancy created by Dorothy A. Robinson's retirement.

See also: Georgia judicial elections, 2012

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