Judge Robin Nash died in his home in Decatur Georgia on January 11, 2007. A native of Decatur, Georgia, he was born at Emory Hospital on March 11, 1953. Judge Nash joined the faculty of Emory University School of Law in April, 2006 as director of the Barton Child Law & Policy Clinic. He coordinated the expanded scope of the Barton Clinic by directing the work of the clinic in two main areas, child welfare policy and defense of juveniles charged with delinquent and unruly offenses. Judge Nash came to Emory Law School after retiring as Chief Presiding Judge of DeKalb County Juvenile Court, where he served with distinction from March 1995 to December 2005. He served as the statewide President of the Council of Juvenile Court Judges from 2004-2005. Before becoming a judge, Nash was in private practice for 15 years concentrating on rights of the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled, particularly in the area of deinstitutionalization. Judge Nash graduated Briarcliff High School in 1971. He received his BA in Economics from Emory College in 1975 and his JD from Emory University School of Law in 1978. Judge Nash served on numerous boards and advisory committees during his career, including the DeKalb Bar Association, the Atlanta Foundation for Psychoanalysis, the DeKalb Developmental Disabilities Council, the Georgia Senate Study Committee on State Foster Care and Adoption, the Georgia Independent Living Council, and the Georgia School Age Care Association. He was a 1995 alumnus of Leadership DeKalb and received many awards in recognition of his tireless community service, including the 1995 Bobby Dodd Award from Atlanta Association of Developmental Disabilities, the 2001 Advocate of the Year Award from the Atlanta Association of Developmental Disabilities, and the 2002 Juvenile Court Judge of the Year for the State of Georgia from the Child Placement Conference. In addition to his work in children's law and disability law, Judge Nash was active in the international community, both in Georgia and throughout the world. He volunteered with a number of immigrant and refugee groups in Atlanta and engaged in public service in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Judge Nash is survived by many loving friends, his brother and sister-in-law Bill and Cindi Nash, his nephew Andrew Nash, his niece Melissa Hunt, his godson Sam Barclay and his adopted brother Vincent Thompson. A service will be held on January 21, 2007 at 3pm at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church on the Emory University campus. No flowers please. It is requested that any memorial contributions be made to the Marcus Institute affiliated with Emory University and the Kennedy Krieger Institute or the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic at Emory University School of Law. A. S. Turner & Sons.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Robin Nash: advocate and friend passed away
Judge Robin Nash died in his home in Decatur Georgia on January 11, 2007. A native of Decatur, Georgia, he was born at Emory Hospital on March 11, 1953. Judge Nash joined the faculty of Emory University School of Law in April, 2006 as director of the Barton Child Law & Policy Clinic. He coordinated the expanded scope of the Barton Clinic by directing the work of the clinic in two main areas, child welfare policy and defense of juveniles charged with delinquent and unruly offenses. Judge Nash came to Emory Law School after retiring as Chief Presiding Judge of DeKalb County Juvenile Court, where he served with distinction from March 1995 to December 2005. He served as the statewide President of the Council of Juvenile Court Judges from 2004-2005. Before becoming a judge, Nash was in private practice for 15 years concentrating on rights of the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled, particularly in the area of deinstitutionalization. Judge Nash graduated Briarcliff High School in 1971. He received his BA in Economics from Emory College in 1975 and his JD from Emory University School of Law in 1978. Judge Nash served on numerous boards and advisory committees during his career, including the DeKalb Bar Association, the Atlanta Foundation for Psychoanalysis, the DeKalb Developmental Disabilities Council, the Georgia Senate Study Committee on State Foster Care and Adoption, the Georgia Independent Living Council, and the Georgia School Age Care Association. He was a 1995 alumnus of Leadership DeKalb and received many awards in recognition of his tireless community service, including the 1995 Bobby Dodd Award from Atlanta Association of Developmental Disabilities, the 2001 Advocate of the Year Award from the Atlanta Association of Developmental Disabilities, and the 2002 Juvenile Court Judge of the Year for the State of Georgia from the Child Placement Conference. In addition to his work in children's law and disability law, Judge Nash was active in the international community, both in Georgia and throughout the world. He volunteered with a number of immigrant and refugee groups in Atlanta and engaged in public service in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Judge Nash is survived by many loving friends, his brother and sister-in-law Bill and Cindi Nash, his nephew Andrew Nash, his niece Melissa Hunt, his godson Sam Barclay and his adopted brother Vincent Thompson. A service will be held on January 21, 2007 at 3pm at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church on the Emory University campus. No flowers please. It is requested that any memorial contributions be made to the Marcus Institute affiliated with Emory University and the Kennedy Krieger Institute or the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic at Emory University School of Law. A. S. Turner & Sons.
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