Doris Smith-Ribner

Doris A. Smith-Ribner (born 1945) is a former judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.

Formative years and family Born in 1945, Doris Smith attended the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she earned her Juris Doctor in 1972.

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

She retired from the court in 2009.

In addition, her career in government, prior to her unsuccessful campaign for the position of lieutenant governor, included five years as a member of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, service as chair of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee, and eleven years as a member of the Pennsylvania Judicial Auditing Agency.