Education
Bachelor of Science in Political Science with honors, Tuskegee U. Juris Doctor, U. Georgia Master of Laws, University of Virginia.
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Robert Benham
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Judge, Georgia Court Appeals, Georgia, 1984-1989; justice, Supreme Court, State of Georgia, Atlanta, since 1989; presiding justice, Supreme Court, State of Georgia, Atlanta chief justice, Supreme Court, State of Georgia, Atlanta. Member of advisory board 1st Southern Bank.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Governor's Commision on Drug Awareness and Prevention, State of Georgia. Member Georgia History Society. Trustee Fa. Legal History Foundation.
Board directors Cartersville (Georgia) Development Authority, Cartersville-Bartow Chamber of Commerce. Deacon, former Sunday School superintendent The Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church. Notably one of first black individuals elected to a statewide position in the history of Georgia.
Member Atlanta Bar Association (board directors judicial section), Georgia Bar Foundation, LawyersClub Atlanta, Masons, Shriners, Elks.
Connections
M. Nell (Dodson) B.; children: Corey Brevard, Austin Tyler.
