Doris A. Smith-Ribner (born 1945) is a former judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.
[3][4][5][6] 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.
[3][7] Smith-Ribner and her husband, former Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Paul Ribner, have one daughter.
[3] Smith-Ribner served as a judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on an interim basis from 1984 to 1985.
[9][7] 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.