Doris Smith-Ribner

Doris A. Smith-Ribner is a former judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.[1]

Doris A. Smith-Ribner
Judge of the
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
In office
1987–2009
Personal details
Spouse(s)Paul Ribner
Children1 daughter
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh

She attended the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and was subsequently in private law practice in Allegheny County with her law partner, Byrd R. Brown.[1] She served as solicitor for the Allegheny County Controller from 1980 to 1984.[1] Smith-Ribner served as a judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on an interim basis from 1984 to 1985.[1] She was first elected to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in 1987 and was re-elected in 1997 and 2007.[1] She retired from the court in 2009.[1]

She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 2010.

Smith-Ribner and her husband, former Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Paul Ribner, have one daughter.[1]

References
  1. "Commonwealth Court Judge Doris A. Smith-Ribner to Retire" (PDF). 2010-09-06. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-04.


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