The newest state Court of Appeals judge grew up steeped in politics but says he’s “not a hard-charging type of partisan person.”
William “Billy” Ray II, who joined the court last week, was 13 years old when his father was murdered, leaving two uncles especially influential in his early life. They were Democratic politicians, but as an adult Ray would move to Gwinnett County and chair the local Republican party before going on to be a Republican state senator. A Democrat would appoint him to the trial bench; Republican Governor Nathan Deal would be the one to place him on the state appeals court.
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