Andy Peters

December 11, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Sonny Perdue has named three new superior and state court judges in Gwinnett County, Macon and Athens.Warren P. Davis was named superior court judge for the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit. Davis fills a new seat created by the state Legislature this year. Davis had been Gwinnett County's chief magistrate since 1984. Perdue appointed Edgar W.

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July 25, 2007 | Daily Report Online

THE SHORTLIST OF nominees for a new judgeship in Cobb County Superior Court includes two current Cobb State Court Judges-Carl W. Bowers and Kathryn J. Tanksley.Gov. Sonny Perdue on Tuesday released the shortlists of nominees for new superior court judgeships in the Cobb Judicial Circuit and Dublin Judicial Circuit, as well as a Richmond County State Court judgeship.

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November 05, 2009 | Daily Business Review

Georgia justice agencies started a new fiscal year with carryover debt, which is prohibited by the state Constitution. A state senator says it's a big no-no.

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November 02, 2005 | Daily Report Online

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January 22, 2010 | Daily Report Online

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday said it will hear Georgia's appeal of a federal judge's ruling that the state has been illegally using water from Lake Lanier.Alabama and Florida had filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, saying the 11th Circuit did not have jurisdiction because U.S. District Senior Judge Paul A.

By Andy Peters

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April 01, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears told legislators Tuesday afternoon that the Senate's budget proposal for the judicial branch is unconstitutional.In a hand-delivered letter to House and Senate budget conferees, Sears said the Senate's budget for the upcoming fiscal year "micro manages the affairs of the judicial branch ... and is, therefore, inconsistent with the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers.

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January 25, 2007 | Daily Report Online

JUDICIAL ELECTIONS should remain nonpartisan and state judges deserve a long-awaited raise, Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears told legislators during her annual State of the Judiciary address.During her 15-minute speech, Sears did not discuss bills submitted by Rep. Edward Lindsey, R-Atlanta, that grew out of complaints that last year's Supreme Court race threatened judicial independence.

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August 10, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Samuel S. Olens, the former longtime chairman of the Cobb County commission, has defeated Preston W. Smith in the Republican runoff election for attorney general.With 76 percent of precincts reporting, Olens had 58 percent, or 258,737 votes, according to the Secretary of State's unofficial vote count. Smith had 41.9 percent, or 187,145 votes.

By Andy Peters

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September 14, 2006 | National Law Journal

Equifax Inc. has hired King & Spalding to represent it in consumer litigation cases, shifting the work from Kilpatrick Stockton.

By Andy Peters

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February 15, 2006 | Daily Report Online

ANDY PETERS [email protected] in Georgia should be required to make all records public, even those related to economic development such as the plans for a NASCAR museum in downtown Atlanta, the recently fired executive secretary of the State Ethics Commission told the Daily Report last week. C. Theodore "Teddy" Lee, who was fired on Jan.

By Andy Peters

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