Roberta Ralph, American judge. Recipient Bicentennial award Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission, 1976. Member California.Women Lawyers Association (co-founder, board directors 1975-1976), Women Lawyers Association Los Angeles (president 1971-1973, Ernestine Stahlhut award 1976), National.Bus. and Professional Womens.
Background
Ralph, Roberta was born on June 13, 1926 in Tahoma, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Francis Abner and Minnie Savannah (Wynn) R. Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1955, Juris Doctor, 1959. Bar: California 1960, United States District Court (central district) California 1960, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1971.
Junior attorney Legal Aid Foundation, Los Angeles, 1960, staff attorney, 1961-1963.
Education
Junior counsel State Lands Commission, Los Angeles, 1960-1961. Sole practice, Los Angeles, 1963-1976. Judge Los Angeles Superior Court, 1977-1989.
Private judge Office of Alternative Resolutions Centers, Los Angeles, 1989.
Career
Junior attorney Legal Aid Foundation, Los Angeles, 1960, staff atty, 1961-1963. Junior counsel State Lands Commission, 1960-1961. Sole practice, 1963-1976.
Judge Los Angeles Superior Court, 1977-1989. Private judge Office of Alternative Resolutions Centers, Los Angeles, since 1989. Judge; b. Tahoma, Oklahoma, June 13, 1926.
Daughter of Francis Abner and Minnie Savannah (Wynn) R. Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1955, Juris Doctor, 1959. Bar: California 1960, United States District Court (central district) California 1960, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1971. Junior attorney Legal Aid Foundation, Los Angeles, 1960, staff attorney, 1961-1963.
Junior counsel State Lands Commission, Los Angeles, 1960-1961. Sole practice, Los Angeles, 1963-1976. Judge Los Angeles Superior Court, 1977-1989.
Private judge Office of Alternative Resolutions Centers, Los Angeles, since 1989. Contributor articles to legal publications President Hollywood Wilshire Fair Housing Council, 1969-1971. President Fair Housing Congress Southern California, 1978-1980.
Recipient Bicentennial award Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission, 1976. Member California Women Lawyers Association (co-founder, board directors 1975-1976), Women Lawyers Association Los Angeles (president 1971-1973, Ernestine Stahlhut award 1976), National Business and Professional Womens Club (Woman of Achievement award 1984), Phi Beta Kappa.
Membership
President Hollywood Wilshire Fair Housing Council, 1969-1971. President Fair Housing Congress Southern California, 1978-1980. Member California Women Lawyers Association (co-founder, board directors 1975-1976), Women Lawyers Association Los Angeles (president 1971-1973, Ernestine Stahlhut award 1976), National Business and Professional Womens Club (Woman of Achievement award 1984), Phi Beta Kappa.