Gov. Nathan Deal has a tradition of giving gifts when he swears in a new judge: gavels mounted on plaques with the recipients’ names. They come with a story. The governor wants members of the bench to know the mementos are made by inmates in Georgia prisons.
He’s been giving out a lot of them lately: nine in the past year alone just for the appellate courts. Through a combination of design and circumstance, by the time he finishes his second term in January 2019, Deal will have chosen five justices of nine on the Georgia Supreme Court, 10 of 15 members of the Georgia Court of Appeals and more than 100 of the 213 superior court judges in the state.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
