ATLANTA:   
August 12, 2008   

Georgia Court of Appeals candidate Perry McGuire today announced his campaign’s new web site, www.perrymcguire.com, which will link supporters across the state with up-to-date campaign information and a blog.  McGuire also noted that the new web site will feature a link to his 2007 autobiographical book, How to Live a Life of No Regrets.  The book documents McGuire’s journey through cancer, statewide elections, and balancing family life and public service.

“The book is a humble acknowledgment of my spiritual life, my family, and the opportunities for professional and public service that this state and nation have provided me,” said McGuire.  “It’s more of a suggestion manual than a ‘self-help’ book in the strictest sense, and it’s about creating balance in your life in the face of blessings and challenges.  I hope this provides a good snapshot into my life and how I will approach the Court of Appeals.”

McGuire was the 2006 Republican nominee for Georgia Attorney General and served as a state Senator, where he supported legislation to toughen the state’s child predator laws, lengthen mandatory minimum sentences for violent crimes, and reform the state’s antiquated parole system.  Perry holds rule-of-law, strict constructionist judicial views – and he continues to believe that judges should interpret the laws, not create them from the bench.

A former corporate counsel with Chick-fil-A, McGuire serves as the founding and current chairman of the State Bar Franchise Section and is a partner at Taylor, Busch, Slipakoff & Duma, a Cobb County business and corporate law firm.   He has two decades of experience in business and the law that governs it, which makes up a great number of cases that come before the Georgia Court of Appeals.  Unique among the 2008 candidates for the Court of Appeals, his extensive experience working with and for businesses includes consumer issues, business rights and litigation, contract disputes, tort issues, and the issues that arise from employer-employee relationships.  He has also had experience working in juvenile justice and foster care programs in Georgia while assisting Truett Cathy’s WinShape Foundation and serving on the State Board of Juvenile Justice (Governor Perdue appointed McGuire to this position in 2007).

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