Robbin Shipp Explained

Birth Date:1 February 1963
Birth Place:Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
District:58th
State House:Georgia
Term:2006–2009
Occupation:Lawyer
Party:Democratic

Robbin Shipp is an American attorney and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives. She was the Democratic nominee for state Commissioner of Labor in the 2014 election.

She is a graduate of Shaw University (BA, Communications), Georgia College & State University (MPA, Political Science) and the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University (Juris Doctor).[1]

Shipp has worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, and as Associate General Counsel for the Grady Health System.[2] [3]

She is the co-author of Justice While Black: Helping African American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System,[4] which was nominated for a 2015 NAACP Image Award for Excellence in Writing – Instructional.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robbin Shipp's Biography . 2023-11-02 . Vote Smart.
  2. Web site: 2014-07-31 . Meet Robbin Shipp - Georgia Democrats' Candidate for Commissioner of Labor . 2023-11-02 . Democratic Party of Georgia . en-US.
  3. Web site: Wheatley . Thomas . 2009-04-21 . State Rep. Robin Shipp resigns . 2023-11-02 . Creative Loafing . en.
  4. Book: Shipp, Robbin . Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System . Chiles . Nick . Agate Publishing . 2014 . 978-1-57284-741-5 . en.
  5. Web site: Washington . Arlene . 2015-02-06 . 2015 Image Award Winners . 2016-09-19 . The Hollywood Reporter.