Senate Confirms Coweta Sheriff Yeager as US Marshal
Georgia's senators applauded the confirmation of Yeager, who has 40 years in law enforcement, including 25 as sheriff, plus FBI and secret service training.
January 03, 2019 at 05:22 PM
2 minute read
(Photo: USMS Publishing & Multimedia Services via Wikimedia Commons)
Seven months after the nomination by President Donald Trump, the U.S. Senate has confirmed Coweta County Sheriff Michael Yeager as the U.S. marshal for the Northern District of Georgia.
“Sheriff Yeager has decades of experience in many facets of law enforcement, and his wisdom and expertise in the field will serve him well as U.S. Marshal,” Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia, said in a news release Thursday, following the Wednesday vote. “The Senate has made a wise decision, and I congratulate Sheriff Yeager on his new role and thank him for his service.”
Sen. David Perdue, R-Georgia, praised Trump for choosing Yeager and offered his congratulations in the same news release.
During the Wednesday vote, the Senate also confirmed a roster of U.S. attorneys and marshals for other states.
Trump nominated Yeager in June.
Yeager was first elected sheriff of Coweta County in 1993 and is serving his seventh term. His 40 years in law enforcement experience started in 1980, when he was a patrolman with the Newnan Police Department.
Yeager is the current chairman of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, and serves on the board of the Georgia Department of Community Supervision and the state's Immigration Enforcement Review Board. He is an active member and past president of the Georgia Sheriffs' Association and a past president of the Georgia Sheriffs' Youth Homes. Yeager is president of the Constitutional Officers Association of Georgia, which includes all current sheriffs, probate judges, tax commissioners and superior and state court clerks of Georgia. In 2006, Yeager received the Georgia Sheriff of the Year Award and the Governor's Public Safety Award for Outstanding Contribution to Profession.
Yeager is a lifelong resident of Coweta County, in Moreland. The sheriff's website describes him as a husband, father, grandfather and member of the local United Methodist Church. He graduated from Newnan High School and attended West Georgia College and Brenau College. He is a graduate of the Clayton Regional Law Enforcement Academy, the Georgia Police Academy, the FBI's Carolina Command College, the National Sheriff's Institute and a U.S. Secret Service training school.
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
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
Did Ahmaud Arbery's Killers Get Help From Glynn County DA? Jury Hears Clashing Accounts
Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners, Kneecapping Democrat-Controlled Civil Rights Agency
Trending Stories
- 1Fresh lawsuit hits Oregon city at the heart of Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments
- 2Ex-Kline & Specter Associate Drops Lawsuit Against the Firm
- 3Am Law 100 Lateral Partner Hiring Rose in 2024: Report
- 4The Importance of Federal Rule of Evidence 502 and Its Impact on Privilege
- 5What’s at Stake in Supreme Court Case Over Religious Charter School?
Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
