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Ronald Robie
2002 - Present
2027
23
Ronald Robie is an associate justice on the Third District of the California Courts of Appeal. He was appointed by former Governor Gray Davis and took the oath of office on January 15, 2002.[1] He ran for retention in 2014, winning a new term that expires on January 3, 2027.[2][3]
Education
Robie received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1958 and earned his master's degree in journalism from this school in 1960. He earned his J.D. in 1967 from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.[4]
Career
In 1960, Robie was a legislative intern in the California State Assembly, and from 1961 to 1969 he was staff director of the Assembly. He was the attorney member and vice chair of the State Water Resources Control Board from 1969 to 1975, and director of the California Department of Water Resources from 1975 until his appointment Sacramento Municipal Court in 1983. Robie was appointed to the Sacramento County Superior Court in 1986 and served on that court until 2002. He was the court's presiding judge from 1994 to 1995. From 1970 to 2013, Robie taught water law and environmental law courses at McGeorge School of Law, and he continues to author articles on environmental litigation and water law.[4]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2014: Distinguished Service Award, National Center for State Courts[5]
- 2011: Distinguished Service Award, California Judicial Council[6]
- 2002: Judge of the Year, Sacramento County Bar Association[7]
Associations
- 1975: Chair, Water Committee of the American Bar Association
- Board member, Water Education Foundation[4]
Elections
2014
Robie was retained to the 3rd District Court of Appeal with 68.6 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [3]
Endorsements
The Sacramento Bee published an editorial in September endorsing all of the justices of the Third District Court of Appeal running for retention in 2014.[8]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Justices of the California Courts of Appeal—Terms of Office," June 27, 2014
- ↑ Judicial selection in California
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 California Secretary of State, "General Election -November 4,2014 Official Certified List of Candidates," August 28, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 California Courts, "Ronald Boyd Robie biography"
- ↑ National Center for State Courts, "California Appeal Court Justice Ronald B. Robie receives NCSC Distinguished Service Award," March 24, 2014
- ↑ Metropolitan News-Enterprise, "Court of Appeal Justices Hill and Robie Honored by Judicial Council," October 31, 2011
- ↑ Sacramento County Bar Association, "Newly Appointed Justice Ronald Boyd Robie is SCBA Judge of the Year"
- ↑ The Sacramento Bee, "Endorsements: Third District Court of Appeal justices deserve retention," September 22, 2014
