Adele Grubbs
Adele Grubbs was a chief superior court judge of the Cobb County Judicial Circuit in Georgia. She was first elected to this court in 2000, effective January 2001. She announced in September 2015 her retirement from the court effective December 31, 2016.[1][2][3][4][5]
Education
Grubbs received her law degree from the University of Manchester in England.[3]
Career
Grubbs began her career as a trial lawyer in Cobb County. She worked in that capacity from 1969 until becoming a judge in 1996, spending two years of that time as an assistant district attorney. In 1995, she was appointed to the Cobb County Juvenile Court, effective in January of 1996. She served there until her election to the superior court in 2000.[2]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2007: Distinguished Bar Leadership Award
- 2005: Marietta Citizen of the Year
- 2005: Justice Benham Award for Community Service
- 1997: Cobb County Woman of Achievement recipient
- Two-time President's Award recipient, Cobb County Bar Association[2]
Associations
- Master, Weltner Family Law Inn of Court
- Chair of Special Committee on Family Law, Council of Superior Court Judges
- Lawyers Foundation of Georgia
- Past President, Cobb Division of the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers
- Speaker at Institute of Continuing Legal Education and Family Law Institute Seminars
- Member/past president, Cobb County Bar Association
- Founder, Cobb Justice Foundation
- State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors
- Advisory Committee on Legislation
- National Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- First Baptist Church of Marietta
- President, Rotary Club of Marietta
- Former member, Rotary Club of East Cobb
- Board of the American Heart Association
- Boy's and Girls Clubs
- Touchdown Club of Marietta High School
- Member/past president, Marietta Schools Foundation
- United Way
- Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
- Public Safety Committee[2]
2012 election
Grubbs was re-elected to the Cobb Superior Court without opposition.[6] She was re-elected after receiving 99.4 percent of the vote in the July 31 election.[7]
- See also: Georgia judicial elections, 2012
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Administrative Office of the Courts, "Superior Court Directory," accessed May 4, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cobb County Government, "Superior Court Judges - Judge Adele P. Grubbs" Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, "Adele L. Grubbs biography"
- ↑ Daily Report Online, "Cobb Superior Judge's Decision to Retire Creates Open Seat for 2016," September 18, 2015
- ↑ South Cobb Patch, "Retiring Cobb Judge Adele Grubbs To Be Honored," December 14, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Preliminary List of Candidates on the July 31, 2012 General Non-Partisan Election Ballot," accessed May 29, 2012
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary/General Nonpartisan/Special Election," accessed August 1, 2012
Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia
State courts:
Georgia Supreme Court • Georgia Court of Appeals • Georgia Superior Courts • Georgia State Courts • Georgia Business Court • Georgia Tax Court • Georgia Juvenile Courts • Georgia Probate Courts • Georgia Magistrate Courts • Georgia Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Georgia • Georgia judicial elections • Judicial selection in Georgia
