34th State House District in Cobb County based in Smyrna. He serves as Chairman of the

Judiciary Committee (Non-Civil), the Insurance Committee, the Retirement Committee, the

Appropriations Committee, and Vice Chairman of the Rules Committee. Previous to assuming

the Chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee this year, Rich served as Governor Sonny

Perdue's Senior Administration Floor Leader in the State House for five years.

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, 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.

In 2010 the Georgia Chamber of Commerce presented Rich with its Legislator of the Year

Award for Rich's work in combating identity fraud.

Major Legislation Passed by Rich Golick-

• 2012- Foreclosure Fraud Act

• 2012- Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform

• 2010- Comprehensive Amendments to Georgia's Criminal Street Gang and Anti-

Terrorism Act- Amendments to Georgia's Identity Fraud statute.

• 2009- Georgia's Kidnapping Statute

• 2007- Whistleblower Protection Act

• 2006- Private Property Protection Act

• 2006- Georgia Child Care Tax Credit

• 2005- Crime Victims Restitution Act

• 2005- Criminal Justice Act

• 2005- Comprehensive Ethics Reform

• 2002- Anti-Racial Discrimination in Insurance Pricing

• 2000- Cobb County Taxpayers Reassessment Relief Act

• 1999- Volunteers in Medicine Act

At home, Rich has coached both Smyrna Soccer and Smyrna Little League, and is coaching

Upward Football this Fall. He is a Member of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, Friends of the

Smyrna Library, Smyrna-Vinings Ducks Unlimited, the South Cobb Arts Alliance and Vinings

Rotary Club (Honorary), 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. At home Rich has coached Smyrna Soccer, Smyrna Little League and Upward

Football. They have two sons- Marshall, 11, and Davis, 9.