Kay Spalding Robilio
Circuit Court Judge
Year Elected/Appointed
Prior Judicial Experience
City Court Judge, Division I of Shelby County, 1983-1990
Law Clerk for Division III and Division IV, Circuit Court, Shelby County, 1979-1981
City Prosecutor, Memphis, TN 1982-1983
Previous Employment
Private Practice, 1981
Education
Honors
Selected for the 1985-1968 Leadership Memphis Class
Honored as one of the Oustanding women in the Mid-South by the Tenn-Ark-Miss Girl Scounts, 1985
The first woman to be elected to the Memphis Rotary Club, along with sally Thomason, then Dean of Special Students at Rhodes College, 1989
Former President, Women's Advisory Council of the Memphis State Alumni Association, 1991
Honored as "A Woman of Excellence" receipient of The White Rose Award from the March of Dimes, 1993
Profiled in the Women's News of the Mid-South, Vol. 4, Issue 8, pp. 16, August 1996
Honored in 1997 by Junior Achievement in Memphis Heroes, Vol. 2
Honored in 1998 by the University of Memphis Department of Arts and Sciences as its Outstanding Graduate
Honored in 1999 as one of 50 Women Who Make a Difference by the Memphis Women formerly Women's News of the Mid-South
Recipient of the highest honor that the Association for Women Attorneys bestows a member in recognition of outstanding achievements in and for the legal profession: The Marion Griffin-Frances Loring Award, October 2003
Selected as an Inspirational Women by Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women, 2004
Recipient of the Jefferson AWard under the auspices of The Commercial Appeal, 2005, received a $500 check to be given to designated charity
Membership(s)
Former Chairman of the Resolutions Committee for the Tennessee Judicial Conference
Former Chairman of the Membership for the Association of Women Attorneys
Tennessee Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities - ex officio and founding member of the Board
Former Board Member of Neighborhood Watch
Former Board Member of LINC
Former Board Member of Art Today
Former Board Member of The Parenting Center
President, Eastwood Manor Neighborhood Association, 1982-1983
Board Member of Memphis Rotary Club, reelected for the term, 2001-2003
Member of Bench Bar Committee, 2003-2004 of the Tennessee Judicial Conference
Member of TBA Board of Governors, 2002-2003
President, Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women, 2002-2003
President, Association for Women Attorneys, 2005-2006
Host of the television show "A Question of Law" sponsored by the Public Library Channel- (History Channel)
Chaired the committee to organize the Spring 2002 seminar "Electing Women to Public Office" for Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women (TLAW)
Host group tours of Division V Circuit Court

Contact Info
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901-222-3843 (P)
Address
Shelby Co. Courthouse
140 Adams Avenue, Room 212
Memphis, TN