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Line 34: − A former practicing attorney in Springhill in northern Webster Parish, he once served as the president of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. From 1969 to 1975, Robinson was a member of the Louisiana Army National Guard, in which he achieved the rank of Specialist 5th Class.<ref name=bio>Judge John M. Robinson, 26th Judicial District Court, April 26, 2014; no longer on line</ref>+ + − − ==Judicial career==
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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=John Marion Robinson
|name=John Marion Robinson
|office=Division D [[Judge]] of the [[Louisiana]] 26th Judicial District Court for Bossier and Webster parishes
|office=Division D [[Judge]] of the [[Louisiana]] 26th Judicial District Court for Bossier and Webster parishes
|term_start=December 1999
|term_start=December 1999
==Background==
==Background==
Robinson graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] and the [[Louisiana State University Law Center|LSU Law Center]], both in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]. From 1986 until 1999, he was the city judge in Springhill in northern Webster Parish. He formerly served as the president of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. From 1969 to 1975, Robinson was a member of the Louisiana Army National Guard, in which he achieved the rank of Specialist 5th Class.<ref name=bio>Judge John M. Robinson, 26th Judicial District Court, April 26, 2014; no longer on line</ref>
==Judicial career==
Robinson won a [[special election]] to the 26th district court on October 23, 1999, to fill the seat vacated by Richard Harmon Drew, Jr., who was instead elected in 1998 to a ten-year term on the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, based in [[Shreveport]]. Then a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Robinson handily defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Whitley Robert "Whit" Graves (born October 1954) of Bossier City, 17,749 (60.8 percent) to 11,442 (39.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10231999/10231999_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/23/1999|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref> Robinson since switched his registration to [[Independent voter|Independent]].
Robinson won a [[special election]] to the 26th district court on October 23, 1999, to fill the seat vacated by Richard Harmon Drew, Jr., who was instead elected in 1998 to a ten-year term on the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, based in [[Shreveport]]. Then a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Robinson handily defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Whitley Robert "Whit" Graves (born October 1954) of Bossier City, 17,749 (60.8 percent) to 11,442 (39.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10231999/10231999_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/23/1999|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref> Robinson since switched his registration to [[Independent voter|Independent]].