Background
Beasley, Dorothy Toth was born in Garfield, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Stephen and Beatrice Elizabeth (Dodd) Toth.
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Dorothy Toth Beasley
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Bachelor, St. Lawrence University, 1959; Bachelor of Laws, American U., 1964; Master of Laws in Judicial Process, University of Virginia, 1984.
Career
Law clerk circuit court, Arlington County, Virginia, 1964-1966;
associate, Shadyac, Berg & Nolan, Arlington, 1966-1967;
associate, Fisher & Phillips, Atlanta, 1968-1969;
assistant attorney general, State of Georgia, Atlanta, 1969-1973;
assistant United State Attorneys criminal division, State of Georgia, Atlanta, 1973-1977;
judge, Georgia State Court, Fulton County, 1977-1984;
judge, Georgia State Court Appeals, Fulton County, since 1984;
chief judge, Georgia State Court Appeals, Fulton County, 1995-1996. Member judicial article subcommittee Select Committee Constnl. Revision, State of Georgia, 1983.
Member Georgia Commision on Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1975, Leadership Atlanta, 1982, Leadership Georgia. Former member of advisory board Justice Ctr.of Atlanta, Atlanta's Table. Trustee Georgia Legal History Foundation.
Board directors National Center for State Court Justices, 1981-1986.
Achievements
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Former board directors Atlanta Community Food Bank. Advisory member Georgia Commission onChildren and Youth, 1987-1990. Charter trustee Georgia Legal History Foundation.
Chairman, member play committee Georgia Commision on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1986-1990. Member Georgia Commision on Gender Bias in the Judicial System, 1989-1991. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, National Association Women Judges, Georgia Bar Foundation (charter), State Bar Georgia, Georgia Association Women Attorneys, Atlanta Bar Association, Law-Related Education Consortium (chair1993-1994), Foundation for Improvement of Justice (board directors), Lamar Inn of Court (master emeritus, former member Executive Committee).
