Candidate for
California State Court of Appeal; District 3

RONALD B. ROBIE Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District.

BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in 1967; Supreme Court of the United States, 1981.

EDUCATION: University of California, Berkeley, B.A. 1958 (With Honors, Phi Beta Kappa); M.J. 1960; McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, J.D. 1967 (With Highest Honors).

PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Staff Director, Assembly, California Legislature 1967-1969; Attorney Member and Vice Chair, State Water Resources Control Board 1969-1975; Director, California Department of Water Resources 1975-1983.

JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Judge, Municipal Court, Sacramento Judicial District, 1983-1986; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, 1986-2002 (Civil and Criminal Trials, Civil Law and Motion, Family Law; Presiding Judge, 1994-1995; Judge, Appellate Department, 1989-90); Associate Justice Pro Tem, Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, 1984-1985; Associate Justice Pro Tem, California Supreme Court, 1986; Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, 2002-present.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: Member, Judicial Council of California, 1999-2002 (Chair Rules and Projects Committee, 2002; Vice Chair, Executive Committee, 2001; Chair Litigation Committee, 2001); Member, California Constitution Revision Commission, 1996; Member, Federal-State Judicial Council, 1998-1999; Special Master, Commission on Judicial Performance, 1991, 1997, 1999; Member, California Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Judicial Disability 2000-present; Member, California Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Lawyer Regulation, 2002- present; Member, Sacramento County Criminal Justice Cabinet 1993-2002 (Chair 1994-1995); Master of the Bench, Anthony M. Kennedy, American Inn of Court, 1995-present; American Bar Association, 1967 - present (Chair, Water Law Committee, 1975); Sacramento County Bar Association, 1967 - present (Chair, Environmental Law Section, 2001-2002); Member, Executive Board, California Judges Association, 1990-1993 (Chair, Technology Committee, 1990-1993; Chair, Disability and Discipline Committee, 1997; Member, Ethics Committee, 1993-1996); Member, American Judicature Society.

EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Phi Beta Kappa; Sacramento County Bar Association, "Judge of the Year," 2002; Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association, "Judge of the Year," 1994.

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Co-author, "Environmental Litigation, California Civil Practice" (Bancroft-Whitney Co.) 1993; California Reporter, Rocky Mountain Minedral Law Foundation, Water Law Newsletter 1974 present; Adjunct Professor of Law, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, 1970-present; Member, Judicial Administration Institute of California Committee, 1998-1999; Member, Planning Committee, California Judicial Administration Conference, 1995, 1996, 2002; Chair, California Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER) Computer Planning Committee, 1995-1999; Faculty Member, B.N. Witkin Judicial College of California, 1990-1993; Faculty Member, CJER Computer Classes, 1990-2001; Faculty Member, CJER Institutes, 1990-2000; Faculty Member, numerous California Judges Association Annual and Mid-Year Meetings.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Member, Board of Trustees, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Mountain Valley California Chapter, 1985-present (Chair, 1996-2001).

PERSONAL: Married to Lynn Robie; two children, Todd Robie and Melissa Robie and four grandchildren