Elizabeth Gobeil

{{short description|American judge}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Elizabeth Gobeil | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = Gobeil's Official Court of Appeals Photograph | office = Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals | term_start = June 5, 2018 | term_end = | appointer = Nathan Deal | predecessor = Elizabeth L. Branch | successor = | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Thomaston, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | spouse = | children = | education = Emory University (BA)<br>University of Georgia (JD) | party =  | footnotes = }}

'''Elizabeth Dallas Gobeil''' is a Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.

==Early life and education==

Gobeil was born in Thomaston, Georgia. She attended Emory University, where she graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor's of Arts degree in history. She briefly worked for the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies in Washington, DC before attending law school. She later graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law, where she was Notes Editor for ''The Journal of Intellectual Property Law''.<ref name="OfficialBio">{{Cite web |url=https://www.gaappeals.us/biography/bio_judges.php?jname=Elizabeth%2520Gobeil |title=Court of Appeals of Georgia: Elizabeth Gobeil, Judge |website=www.gaappeals.us |access-date=2019-01-12 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

==Legal career==

She served as a senior counsel for two global pharmaceutical companies, Solivay Pharmaceuticals and UCB Inc. Before that, she was the hiring partner in the Atlanta office of Thompson Hine. She once served as an aide to the late-U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell.<ref name="Savannah">{{Cite web |url=https://www.savannahnow.com/news/20180511/savannah-judge-named-to-state-court-of-appeals |title=Savannah judge named to state Court of Appeals |last=Skutch |first=Jan |website=Savannah Morning News |language=en |access-date=2019-01-12}}</ref> Her work included covering health and judiciary-related issues.<ref name="OfficialBio" />

==State service==

On November 1, 2012, she was appointed to the State Board of Workers’ Compensation by then-governor Nathan Deal, where she served until her appointment to the appeals court.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gov.georgia.gov/documents/11011201-0 |title=11.01.12.01 |website=gov.georgia.gov |access-date=2019-01-12 |archive-date=2019-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112195005/https://gov.georgia.gov/documents/11011201-0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She served as both director and as an Appellate Division Judge.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Court of Appeals of Georgia: Elizabeth Gobeil, Judge|url=https://www.gaappeals.us/biography/bio_judges.php?jname=Elizabeth%20Gobeil|access-date=2022-02-15|website=www.gaappeals.us|archive-date=2022-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215223646/https://www.gaappeals.us/biography/bio_judges.php?jname=Elizabeth%20Gobeil|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Appointment to Georgia Court of Appeals==

On May 10, 2018, Gobeil was appointed to Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy left by Elizabeth L. Branch who was appointed a federal judge.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Deal announces judicial appointments |url=https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2018-05-10/deal-announces-judicial-appointments |access-date=2019-01-12 |website=gov.georgia.gov |archive-date=2019-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112150258/https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2018-05-10/deal-announces-judicial-appointments |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Savannah" /> She was sworn into office on June 5, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2018/06/05/060518swearingin/ |title=Brown, Gobeil Sworn in as State Appellate Court Judges |last=Rasmussen |first=Kristen |date=2018-06-05 |website=Daily Report |language=en |access-date=2019-01-12}}</ref>

== Electoral history == Gobeil ran unopposed for reelection to the Georgia Court of Appeals in 2020. She won 100% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth Gobeil|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Elizabeth_Gobeil|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal==

She resides in Savannah, Georgia with her husband, Bart.<ref name="OfficialBio" /> She is a member of the Isle of Hope Methodist Church, and has been involved with Ronald McDonald House Charities for over 20 years.<ref name="OfficialBio" />

==Memberships== Gobeil is a long-term Board member of the Atlanta Chapter of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies and is active with the emerging Savannah Chapter. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Savannah Bar Association, the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, and the Statewide Opioid Taskforce.<ref name="OfficialBio" />

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==External links== *[https://www.gaappeals.us/history/judges.php?id=87 Official Biography on Georgia Judicial Branch website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419213508/https://www.gaappeals.us/history/judges.php?id=87 |date=2021-04-19 }} *{{Ballotpedia|Elizabeth_Gobeil|Elizabeth Gobeil}}

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