Letter to the editor

On behalf of the State Bar of Georgia, I would like to express congratulations to attorney J. Comer Yates, executive director of the Atlanta Speech School, on his recent appointment by Gov. Nathan Deal to serve on the Georgia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

All Georgians will benefit from Mr. Yates' service on the commission, which advocates on behalf of hearing-impaired people by working to ensure they have equal access to services, programs and opportunities available to others. He is also chairman of the Rotary Educational Foundation of Atlanta, a co-chairman of the Georgia Pathway to Language and Literacy and a past president of Camp Twin Lakes.

With his acceptance of this appointment, Mr. Yates demonstrates his continued commitment to serving the public. We wish him well in this new position of statewide leadership.

Kenneth B. Hodges III

President, State Bar of Georgia