Thursday, August 31, 2006
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Judicial Nominating Commission Recommends Applicants to Fill Judicial Vacancies
ATLANTA Governor Sonny Perdue's Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) has submitted recommendations to fill the vacancies on the Superior Court of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, Superior Court of the Coweta Judicial Circuit, Superior Court of the Houston Judicial Circuit, Superior Court of the Paulding Judicial Circuit, Gwinnett County State Court and Toombs County State Court.
The JNC submitted the following recommendations to fill the vacancy on the Superior Court of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit:
R. Mark Mahler Cherokee County Attorney Ellen McElyea Judge, Cherokee County Juvenile Court Garry T. Moss District Attorney, Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit
The JNC submitted the following recommendations to fill the vacancy on the Superior Court of the Coweta Judicial Circuit:
Louis J. Kirby Kirby and Roberts Attorneys at Law, LaGrange, Georgia Jeannette L. Little Judge, State Court of Troup County David S. McLaughlin Assistant Attorney General, Georgia Department of Law Sandra Heath Taylor Sole Practitioner, LaGrange, Georgia Jeffrey M. Todd Partner; Louis, Taylor & Todd, PC; Lagrange, Georgia
The JNC submitted the following recommendations to fill the vacancy on the Superior Court of the Houston Judicial Circuit:
Jeffrey L. Grube Sole Practitioner, Warner Robins, Georgia Katherine K. Lumsden Chief Assistant District Attorney, Houston Judicial
Circuit Walter G. Sammons, Jr. Partner; Sammons and Sammons; Warner Robins,
Georgia Robert E. Turner Sole Practitioner, Warner Robins, Georgia
The JNC submitted the following recommendations to fill the vacancy on the Superior Court of the Paulding Judicial Circuit:
Sandra W. Miller Juvenile Court Judge, Paulding Judicial Circuit Martin Enrique Valbuena Chief Magistrate Judge, Paulding County Kenneth G. Vinson Partner; Vinson, Talley, Richardson & Cable; Dallas,
Georgia
The JNC submitted the following recommendations to fill the vacancy on the Gwinnett County State Court:
John F. Doran, Jr. Sole Practitioner, Lawrenceville, Georgia Valeria Elbaz Head Judge, Magistrate Court of Gwinnett County George F. Hutchinson, III Judge, Magistrate Court of Gwinnett County Albert L. Norton, Jr. Sole Practitioner, Norcross, Georgia Kenneth M. Sissel Senior Judge, Magistrate Court of Gwinnett County
The JNC submitted the following recommendations to fill the vacancy on the Toombs County State Court:
Sherri McDonald Sole Practitioner, Vidalia, Georgia
Tommy J. Smith Attorney, Tommy J. Smith and Associates, Vidalia, Georgia
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