 Adele L. Grubbs
Judge
Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia
The Honorable Adele Grubbs began serving
as a Superior Court Judge for Cobb County in January 2001. Prior
to her election to the Superior court Judge Grubbs served as Judge
of the Juvenile Court of Cobb County for 5 years. She handled delinquent
and troubled juveniles, heard custody cases, and assisted the Superior
Court of Cobb County. She presided over criminal and civil jury
trials, including domestic, family violence, and custody cases;
divorces; and civil and criminal motions. She was previously copartner
in a private law practice for 26 years and served as Assistant
District Attorney of Cobb County. Judge Grubbs was elected to the
Board of Governors for the State Bar of Georgia, where she has
served for 11 years on the Consumer Assistance Program, Children
and the Courts, and Child Support Committees. She is past president
and current trustee of the Cobb Bar Association and past president
of the Cobb Division of the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers.
Judge Grubbs has served as a volunteer juvenile probation officer
and as an attorney for the Fraternal Order of Police. She helped
establish the Guardian Ad Litem Program in Cobb County. Judge Grubbs
lectures at the State Family Seminar, the Indigent Defense Seminar,
and the Cobb County Guardian Ad Litem Seminar. She is founder of
the Cobb Justice Foundation, in which more than 100 lawyers offer
legal aid to residents of Cobb County. She has served on the boards
of Cobb Children's Centers, Inc. the Marietta High School Foundation;
and the American Heart Association. She received the 1997 Cobb
County Woman of Achievement award. A native of England, Judge Grubbs
holds a British law degree, L.L.B. from the University of Manchester,
England.
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