As today’s deadline approaches, the commission that will help the governor pick a replacement for Leah Ward Sears on the Supreme Court of Georgia has received the names of at least 33 lawyers and judges for its consideration.
Correspondence flooding into the office of Michael J. Bowers, who chairs the Judicial Nominating Commission, includes a veritable campaign for David E. Nahmias, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta. Nahmias has received letters of support from, among others, Macon lawyer Frank C. Jones, the former King & Spalding partner who helped the state’s Republican senators recommend federal judicial appointees in recent years, and PepsiCo General Counsel Larry D. Thompson, who was the deputy U.S. attorney general during the early years of the administration of President George W. Bush.
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