Governor Appoints Spence Pryor to JNC
Friday, June 26, 2009 |
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Governor Perdue also today amended the Executive Order creating the JNC to allow for eight nominees to be submitted on a short list to the Governor. There are 38 candidates for the Supreme Court appointment, many more than is usual for a vacant judgeship. The JNC convenes Monday for two days of interviews with the candidates.
Both of the changes are applicable for the filling of this vacancy only.
Spence Pryor’s bio is below, and a copy of the amended Executive Order is included below as well.
T.C. Spencer Pryor, Partner, Alston & Bird
T. C. Spencer Pryor is a former assistant
Executive Order by the Governor:
Whereas: Interest in the vacancy on the Bench of the Supreme Court of Georgia
created by the resignation of Chief Justice Leah Ward
Sears generated the submission of 47 nominations and the receipt of 38
applications; and
Whereas: Given the significant quantitative and qualitative response to the vacancy, and that each of the 38 applicants will have only one interview with the members of the Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC); and
Whereas: One member of the JNC, The Honorable James P. Kelly, III, made application for the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Georgia, and therefore is unable to serve on the interviewing panel.
Now, therefore, by virtue of the power vested in me as Governor of the State of
Ordered: That, for the purpose of filling this vacancy, the Commission shall
recommend to the Governor eight individuals which it
finds qualified for the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Georgia.
It is further
Ordered: That, for the purpose of filling this vacancy, Mr. Spence Pryor is hereby appointed to serve as a member of the Judicial
Nominating Commission.
This 26th day of June, 2009.