One of DeKalb County’s top prosecutors, Chief Assistant District Attorney Don Geary, is leaving behind the high-profile Andrea Sneiderman murder case and taking a pay cut to work in a similar job for his old friend, incoming Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds.

Geary’s move across town is part of a major shift in each county’s prosecutorial personnel. Reynolds also recruited DeKalb County Assistant District Attorney John Melvin and five other lawyers to become Cobb County assistant district attorneys.