Robert L. Vining Jr.

Personal

Birthday: 
1931
Birthplace: 
Chatsworth, GA
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Air Force sergeant, 1951-1959
Private practice, Dalton, Georgia, 1958-1969
Solicitor general, Conasauga Judicial Circuit, Georgia, 1963-1968
Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, Conasauga Judicial Circuit, 1969-1979

Education

Name of School: 
University of Georgia
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1959
Name of School - Second: 

University of Georgia School of Law

Impressive Faculty - Includes authors of some of our country's leading legal scholarship, recipients of UGA's highest award for teaching excellence, Fulbright scholars, former law clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts, and former editors in chief of law reviews as well as former trial and corporate attorneys. Talented Student Body - Among the most selective public law schools in the nation, with LSATs of entering students near the top 10 percent of test takers nationwide and outstanding undergraduate GPAs.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1959

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
Court Name: 

Georgia Northern District Court

President Nominating: 
Jimmy Carter
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
7/24/1979
Retirement from Active Service: 
3/31/1996