Gov. Brian Kemp. (Photo: John Disney/ ALM)JNC Sends Kemp Shortlists for Four New Judgeships
Gov. Brian Kemp’s office released the names Tuesday on shortlists to fill four judicial vacancies—one in Bibb County, one in Bullock County and two in DeKalb County.
August 06, 2019 at 02:20 PM
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The Georgia Nominating Commission has recommended candidates to Gov. Brian Kemp for openings in Macon, Statesboro and Decatur.
Kemp’s office released the names Tuesday on shortlists to fill four judicial vacancies: one in Bibb County, one in Bullock County and two in DeKalb County.
|Bibb County State Court
The governor has a spot to fill after appointing Judge Jeffery O. Monroe to the Superior Court of the Macon Judicial Circuit. The nominees are:
• Rebecca Liles Grist, solicitor general, Bibb County State Court;
• Kevin B. Hicks, owner, founder and managing attorney, The Law Offices of Kevin B. Hicks & Associates; and
• Sharrell F. Lewis, chief assistant solicitor general, Bibb County.
|Bulloch County State Court
Judge Gary L. Mikell is set to retire Sept. 1. “A couple of years ago I started putting people in jail who were not born when I started this job,” Mikell told the Statesboro Herald in an interview last week. “That’s when you start thinking, well, maybe my shelf life is starting to expire.”
Mikell’s current four-year term won’t expire at the end of 2020. So Kemp will name his successor. The nominees are:
• Joseph Cushner, solicitor general, Bulloch County State Court;
• V. Sharon “Sharri” Edenfield, solo practitioner, Edenfield Law, Statesboro; and
• Benjamin T. Edwards, assistant district attorney, Ogeechee Judicial Circuit.
|DeKalb County State Court
The State Court of DeKalb County has two openings following the appointments of Judge Shondeana Crews Morris and Judge Stacey K. Hydrick to the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court.
For the DeKalb County State Court, Jury Division, the nominees are:
• Kimberly Anderson, Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield;
• Nora L. Polk, associate magistrate judge, Magistrate Court of DeKalb County; and
• Brian K. Ross, DeKalb County State Court, Traffic Division judge.
For the DeKalb County State Court, Traffic Division, the nominees are:
• Kimberly A. Alexander, assistant county attorney, Fulton County;
• Omotayo B. Alli, chief administrative officer, Fulton County Juvenile Court; and
• Juwayn Haddad, DeKalb County Magistrate Court judge.
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