Robbin Shipp

{{Short description|American attorney and politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}{{Infobox officeholder

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|02|01}}

| birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.

| district = 58th

| state_house = Georgia

| term = 2006–2009

| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|

• Shaw University {{Small|(BA)}}
• Georgia College & State University {{Small|(MPA)}}
• Mercer University {{Small|(JD)}}

}}

| occupation = Lawyer

| party = Democratic

}}

Robbin Shipp is an American attorney and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives. She was the Democratic nominee for state Commissioner of Labor in the 2014 election.

She is a graduate of Shaw University (BA, Communications), Georgia College & State University (MPA, Political Science) and the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University (Juris Doctor).{{Cite web |title=Robbin Shipp's Biography |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/66956/robbin-shipp#.U8_BRazoejY |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Vote Smart}}

Shipp has worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, and as Associate General Counsel for the Grady Health System.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-07-31 |title=Meet Robbin Shipp - Georgia Democrats' Candidate for Commissioner of Labor |url=https://www.georgiademocrat.org/meet-robbin-shipp-georgia-democrats-candidate-for-commissioner-of-labor/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Democratic Party of Georgia |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Wheatley |first=Thomas |date=2009-04-21 |title=State Rep. Robin Shipp resigns |url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-210414-state-rep-robin-shipp-resigns |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Creative Loafing |language=en}}

She is the co-author of Justice While Black: Helping African American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System,{{Cite book |last1=Shipp |first1=Robbin |url=https://archive.org/details/justicewhileblac0000ship |title=Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System |last2=Chiles |first2=Nick |publisher=Agate Publishing |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-57284-741-5 |language=en}} which was nominated for a 2015 NAACP Image Award for Excellence in Writing – Instructional.{{cite web |last=Washington |first=Arlene |date=2015-02-06 |title=2015 Image Award Winners |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/naacp-image-awards-2015-winners-771018 |accessdate=2016-09-19 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}