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Doris A. Smith-Ribner (born 1945) is a former judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.


Formative years and family

Born in 1945, Doris Smith attended the
University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colle ...
and the
University of Pittsburgh School of Law The University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Pitt Law) is the law school of the University of Pittsburgh, a public research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1895 and became a charter member of the Association of American ...
, where she earned her Juris Doctor in 1972."Lieutenant Governor: Democratic: Doris A. Smith-Ribner" (candidate profile), ''Citizens' Voice'', May 17, 2010, p. T29. Smith-Ribner and her husband, former Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Paul Ribner, have one daughter.


Public service career

Following her graduation from law school, Smith-Ribner entered into private law practice in Allegheny County with law partner Byrd R. Brown. She served as solicitor for the Allegheny County Controller from 1980 to 1984. Smith-Ribner served as a judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on an interim basis from 1984 to 1985. She was first elected to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in 1987 and was re-elected in 1997 and 2007."Election 2010: Doris A. Smith-Ribner" (candidate profile), ''The Morning Call'', May 6, 2020, p. 89. She retired from the court in 2009. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for
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" Lititz, Pennsylvania: Lititz Record, May 13, 2010, p. A18 (subscription required). In addition, her career in government, prior to her unsuccessful campaign for the position of lieutenant governor, included five years as a member of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, service as chair of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee, and eleven years as a member of the Pennsylvania Judicial Auditing Agency.


See also

* List of African-American jurists


References

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