Retiring Cobb Judge Adele Grubbs To Be Honored

MARIETTA, GA -- Cobb County Superior Court will honor retiring Judge Adele Grubbs at a ceremony Thursday.

Grubbs will have practiced law for nearly 50 years when she steps down at the end of her term on Dec. 31.

Her resume includes includes stints in the Cobb Juvenile Court and the distinction of being the first woman to become an assistant district attorney in the county, which she achieved in 1977.

“Judge Grubbs has provided not only leadership on the bench, but leadership in our community, by identifying areas in need and offering her wisdom to create and implement viable solutions. This is a gift that will continue to serve the citizens of Cobb County long after she has left the bench,” Chief Judge Stephen Schuster, Cobb Superior Court, said in the news release.

Grubbs will be replaced by Kimberly Childs of Smyrna, who won the election earlier this year.

Childs campaigned on a promise to be a people's judge. The former jail guard has said that her background prepared her to see all sides of the justice system in Cobb County.

“My approach as a judge would just be to take everything I’ve learned as a lawyer, paralegal and guard at the jail, and give the people a little bit of a different perspective and apply the law,” Childs said while campaigning, according to the Marietta Daily Journal.

What: Retirement ceremony for Superior Court Judge Adele P. Grubbs

When: Thursday, Dec. 15 at 3:00 p.m.

Where: Cobb County Superior Court, 70 Haynes St., Marietta, GA 30060