Judicial Nominating Commission Recommends Applicants to Fill Judicial Vacancies

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 in the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit and the Augusta Judicial Circuit.  The vacancy in the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit was created with the resignation of the Honorable Stephanie B. Manis.  The vacancy in the Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit was created by the resignation of the Honorable Neal W. Dickert.

The JNC submitted the following recommendations to fill the vacancy within the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit:

• Elizabeth P. Archer – Inspector General; state of Georgia
• Susan E. Edlein – Private practice; Holland & Knight, LLP
• Katherine B. Monahan – Assistant United States Attorney; United States Attorney’s  Office
• Henry M. Newkirk – Judge; State Court of Fulton County
• Andrette Watson – Private practice; Green, Johnson & Landers, LLP

The JNC submitted the following recommendations to fill the vacancy within the Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit:

• Daniel J. Craig – District Attorney; Augusta Judicial Circuit
• Wade W. Padgett – Chief Magistrate Judge; Columbia County  Private practice; J. Wade Padgett, P.C.

• Emory Frederick Sanders, Sr. – Private practice; Capers, Dunbar, Sanders & Bruckner, LLP

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