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Local judge, state legislator Preston Lewis Jr. dead at 81

Preston Brooks Lewis Jr., an attorney, judge and legislator, died Sunday at age 81.Lewis served as Burke County attorney and Juvenile Court judge for more than 30 years...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-12-27/local-judge-state-legislator
Federal judge approves $1.25 billion settlement in discrimination case by black farmers

...It's unreal. It's like a nightmare."Abrams said he believes that through the Pigford II settlement, attorneys, judges and descendants of farmers who are no longer even working in agriculture prospered off the litigation while the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-10-28/federal-judge-approves-125-bi
Coach honed debating skills of young Newt Gingrich

...professor Chester Gibson coached students whose ranks now include a former Georgia governor, high-powered Atlanta attorneys, judges and preachers. He gave Gingrich free help as a new candidate. Strong debate performances have kept alive Gingrich's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-01-27/coach-honed-debating-ski
Scholarship special for Richmond school board member

...community person," Pulliam said. "This is a way of sort of keeping him alive."Robert Robinson was a prominent attorney, judge pro tem and city councilman in Savannah, often working civil rights cases, and representing the NAACP, Pulliam...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2012-05-10/scholarship-special-richm
Analysis: Contributions tell Deal-Handel tale

...two candidates' regional contribution concentrations are typical.He noted Deal's 30-plus years as a county attorney, judge, state senator and congressman - all in the same area of the state."For him," he said, "many of these donors...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2010-08-05/analysis-contr
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Duke Restaurant manager valued customers

...come here,'' a customer told a reporter on the restaurant's final day of business. "You'd see all of the attorneys, judges and legislators. You wonder if you could even try a case in the county without coming to Duke's.'' The restaurant...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/07/12/met_540603.shtml
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Lawyer denies Walker complained about judge

...Judge Dudley H. Bowen Jr. to step aside from his criminal case. Mr. Walker states in his petition that he told his attorneys Judge Bowen would be biased against him because he had opposed the judge's 1979 nomination to the federal bench. However...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/07/08/met_540152.shtml
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Convicted man to get new trial

...affirmed in 2004, but Lewis Brown's appeal fell through the legal system's cracks because he didn't have an attorney. Judge Duncan D. Wheale, who inherited the case from a retired judge, appointed Mr. Taylor to represent Mr. Brown last...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/07/22/met_466568.shtml
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Assistant to put off retirement to fill in

...has demonstrated unsurpassed skill, courage and wisdom in every area of responsibility assigned to the district attorney," Judge Craig wrote in an e-mail last week. Mr. Bowcutt decided to resign after recovering from back surgery and heart...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/02/25/met_188651.shtml
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Portrait in courthouse will honor judge's work

...part of the newly-shaped delegation.The convention nominated Hubert Humphrey, who lost to Richard Nixon.As an attorney, Judge Ruffin also defended former Augusta Mayor Ed McIntyre in his 1984 federal prosecution on extortion charges. He represented...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2008-02-22/portrait-courthouse-will-hono
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