Clay Robbins Jr.; Veteran Appeals Court Clerk
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Clay Robbins Jr., a veteran clerk who moved the Los Angeles-based 2nd District Court of Appeal from fountain pens and handwritten ledgers to computers, has died. He was 69.
Robbins, who retired from the state court system in 1987, died Tuesday in Burbank of cancer.
California Chief Justice Ronald M. George, who had worked with Robbins for more than 25 years, praised him as “hard-working and innovative” and for helping attorneys learn the often intricate appellate court procedures.
The son of two attorneys and father of two others, Robbins began his career as a clerk for the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1951 and three years later moved to the Court of Appeal. He was named the district’s fifth clerk in 1966.
Robbins is survived by his wife, Mildred, two sons, a daughter and four grandchildren.
Services are scheduled at 11 a.m. today at St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, 3646 Coldwater Canyon, Studio City.
The family has asked that any memorial contributions be made to the Leukemia Fund of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Foundation.
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