Representative Rich Golick

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Rich Golick is serving his fifth term in the Georgia House of Representatives, representing the 34th State House District in Cobb County based in Smyrna. He serves on the Judiciary Committee, the Rules Committee, the Insurance Committee, the Appropriations Committee and the Retirement Committee. Rich also serves as Governor Sonny Perdue’s Senior Administration Floor Leader in the State House.

Rich graduated from Emory University with a degree in Political Science and earned his law degree at Georgia State University. During law school summers, Rich served as a law clerk in the criminal division of the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. during the Administration of President George H.W. Bush, and he subsequently clerked in the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Prior to his election, Rich served as legislative aide to the Senate Special Judiciary Committee as well as Special Counsel to the State Senate Republican Caucus. During his tenure in the State House Rich has been recognized by various groups for his legislative achievements, including the Georgia District Attorneys Association, the Georgia Association of Educators, the Georgia Hospital Association, Georgia Conservation Voters, Cure Autism Now and Georgia Watch. Georgia Watch, Georgia’s premier consumer watchdog group, recently recognized Rich with its 2008 Legislator of the Year Award for Rich’s legislative work on behalf of Georgia’s consumers. WSB radio host and consumer advocate Clark Howard presented Rich with the award.



Major Legislation Passed by Rich Golick:

1999: Volunteers in Medicine Act

2000: Cobb County Taxpayers Reassessment Relief Act

2002: Anti-Racial Discrimination in Insurance Pricing

2005: Georgia Land Conservation Act

2005: Comprehensive Ethics Reform

2005: Criminal Justice Act

2005: Crime Victims Restitution Act

2006: Private Property Protection Act

2007: Whistleblower Protection Act



At home, Rich coaches both Smyrna Soccer and Smyrna Little League, and is a Member of the Vinings Rotary Club, the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, Friends of the Smyrna Library, Smyrna-Vinings Ducks Unlimited, the South Cobb Arts Alliance and previously served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In the private sector, Rich works as Southeast Regional Counsel for Allstate Insurance Company, and is married to Maria Golick, a Cobb County State Court Judge. They have two sons: Marshall, 7, and Davis, 5.