A proposal to raise salaries for Georgia's judges is receiving a bipartisan push, but what appeared to derail the idea earlier this year -- a lack of support from Gov. Sonny Perdue -- is a potential obstacle. The State Bar and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce back a 20 percent salary increase for jurists on the superior courts, the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. A letter the State Bar sent argues that higher salaries for judges is backed by Democrats, Republicans, lawyers and the business community.
December 10, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A proposal to raise salaries for Georgia’s judges is receiving a bipartisan push, but what appeared to derail the idea earlier this year — the lack of support from Gov. Sonny Perdue — remains a potential obstacle.
The State Bar of Georgia and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce announced last week they back a 20 percent across-the-board salary increase for jurists on the superior courts, the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court.
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