Background
Young, Joe Robert was born on November 2, 1929 in Fitzgerald, Georgia, United States. Son of Joe Robert and Adel (Atwater) Young.
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Joe Robert Young
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Bachelor, Vanderbilt University, 1951; Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Mercer U., 1956.
Career
Associate, Hitch, Miller & Beckmann, Savannah, Georgia, 1956-1962; associate, Botts, Mahoney, Chambers & Adams, Jacksonville, Florida, 1962-1964; assistant city attorney, City of Jacksonville, 1964; vice president, partner, associate, Bradley, Johnson, Nelson, Young & Horton, PA, Lake Wales, Florida, 1964-1987; circuit judge, State of Florida 10th Judicial Circuit, Lake Wales, Florida, 1987-1994; retired, 1994.
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Chairman board deacons Lake Wales First Presbyterian Church, 1975, 85. Served tolt. (junior grade) United States Navy, 1951-1954. Member Association of Trial Lawyers American, 10th Judicial Bar Association (past president), Academy Florida Trial Lawyers, The Florida Bar, State Bar of Georgia, Polk County Trial Lawyers Association (Vice-President 1984).
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Married Ruth Hassell Young, November 28, 1953. 1 child, Dana Young Walker.
