Gary Andrews
Gary Blaylock Andrews was a presiding judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals. Andrews was elected to the court in November 1990 and assumed office on January 1, 1991. He was re-elected to the court in 1996, 2002, 2008 and 2014.[1] He retired from the court in July 2018.[2]
Andrews served as chief judge of the court from 1997 to 1998.[3] He died on April 4, 2020.[4]
Education
Andrews received his B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Georgia in 1968 and his J.D. from the University of Georgia Law School in 1971.[3]
Career
Andrews began his legal career in 1971 as an assistant attorney general. From 1976 to 1980, he served as a special assistant attorney general while maintaining a private law practice. In 1980, he was elected to the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit of the Seventh Superior Court District, and then re-elected in 1984. In 1985, Governor Joe Frank Harris appointed Andrews commissioner of the Georgia Public Service Commission, a position he held until he was elected to the Georgia Court of Appeals in 1990.[3]
Associations
- Member, State Bar of Georgia
- Member, Lookout Mountain Bar Association[3]
Elections
2014
- See also: Georgia judicial elections, 2014
Andrews ran for re-election to the Georgia Court of Appeals.
General: He won without opposition in the general election on May 20, 2014.[5][6]
Recent news
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See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Georgia Court of Appeals, "Gary Blaylock Andrews"
- Georgia Court of Appeals, "Judges' Biographies"
Footnotes
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "2008 General Election Results," accessed May 10, 2015
- ↑ Daily Report, "Longtime Appeals Court Judge Gary Andrews Will Retire In July," February 28, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Georgia Court of Appeals, "Gary Blaylock Andrews," accessed May 10, 2015
- ↑ The Chattanoogan, "Judge Gary Blaylock Andrews Dies At His Chickamauga, Ga., Home," April 7, 2020
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "2014 Qualifying Candidates List," accessed March 19, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, “Statewide Election Results,” May 20, 2014
Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia
State courts:
Georgia Supreme Court • Georgia Court of Appeals • Georgia Superior Courts • Georgia State Courts • Georgia Business Court • Georgia Juvenile Courts • Georgia Probate Courts • Georgia Magistrate Courts • Georgia Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Georgia • Georgia judicial elections • Judicial selection in Georgia
