Gov. Nathan Deal on Tuesday appointed three lawyers to Superior Court judgeships: Mary Beth Priest and John Worcester to the Superior Court of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit, and Eric Norris to the Superior Court of the Western Judicial Circuit. Deal also appointed Tammi Long Hayward to a State Court judgeship in Clayton County.

The two seats filled by Priest and Worcester were vacated by Deal’s elevation of Judge Amanda Mercier to the Georgia Court of Appeals bench and the resignation of Judge Roger Bradley.