Chief Judge's Retirement Creates Open Race in Rome
Chief Judge Tami Colston announced her retirement plans in 2016 when she stepped into the top job, saying she wanted to allow young lawyers time to make their campaign plans. Two did.
March 15, 2018 at 09:49 AM
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The retirement of the chief judge for the Rome Circuit Superior Court has created an open seat in the May 22 election, with two lawyers signed up to compete for the job.
Chief Judge Tami Colston announced her retirement plans in 2016 when she stepped into the top job to replace retiring Chief Judge Walter Matthews. Colston said she wanted to make her plans clear so young lawyers would have time to make their campaign plans, according to northwestgeorgianews.com. The website quoted Colston saying she hopes to be remembered for her work to help addicts recover in accountability court.
Gov. Roy Barnes appointed Colston to the court in 2001. She was the first woman on the bench in Rome.
A longtime prosecutor in her courtroom, Assistant District Attorney Kay Ann Wetherington, has qualified to replace Colston. Also, attorney Emily Matson qualified to run for the job. Both announced their campaigns in the summer of 2017, northwestgeorgianews.com reported.
Wetherington has been a prosecutor for 20 years.
Matson has been in private practice, starting with Smith, Shaw & Maddox in 2006, according to northwestgeorgianews.com. In 2011, she and her husband, Patrick, founded Matson & Matson, where she specializes in civil litigation, family law, probate and estate planning.
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