On behalf of the State Bar of Georgia, I would like to express condolences to the family, colleagues and many friends of recently retired Supreme Court of Georgia Chief Justice P. Harris Hines on his recent and very untimely passing.

During his distinguished career of 50 years in the legal profession, he demonstrated exemplary commitment, integrity and leadership in the private practice of law, as a judge for the State Court of Cobb County and Superior Court of the Cobb Judicial Circuit and for the past 23 years as a justice on the Supreme Court of Georgia, serving the final 2½ years as chief justice.