Mcguire Announces Two Dozen Key Lawmaker, Sheriff Endorsements
ATLANTA: Georgia Court of Appeals candidate Perry McGuire today announced a “preliminary list of more than two dozen key endorsements” from legislative leaders. McGuire, the 2006 Republican nominee for Attorney General and former state Senator, welcomed the endorsements as “an important sign that Georgia leaders who make the laws and those who enforce them are ready for a rule-of-law, common-sense judge with practical legal experience to serve on the Georgia Court of Appeals.” McGuire said that more endorsements will follow in the coming weeks.
McGuire’s “Trusted Judgment, Proven Leadership” campaign for the open Georgia Court of Appeals seat received the endorsement of the following Georgia legislative leaders:
| U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland | Rep. Jerry Keen (House Majority Leader) |
| Senate President Pro Tem Eric Johnson | Rep. Jay Roberts (House GOP Caucus Chair) |
| Sen. Ronnie Chance(Governor’s Floor Leader) | Rep. Wendell Willard (Chair, Judiciary) |
| Sen. Don Balfour (Rules Chair) | Rep. Bill Hembree (Chair, Higher Education; Appropriations) |
| Sen. Chip Rogers (Finance Chair) | Rep. Bobby Franklin (Chair, Legislative Reapportionment; Judiciary Non-Civil) |
| Sen. Bill Hamrick (Rules Vice-Chair; Judiciary Sec’y) | Rep. Ed Setzler (Vice-Chair, Code Revision; Judiciary Non-Civil) |
| Sen. Judson Hill (Judiciary Secretary) | Rep. Rich Golick (Governor’s Floor Leader) |
| Sen. Bill Heath (Governor’s Floor Leader) | Rep. Tim Bearden (Judiciary Non-Civil) |
| Sen. John Douglas (Chair, Veterans, Military and Homeland Security) | Rep. James Mills (Chair, Banks & Banking) |
| | Rep. Matt Ramsey (Judiciary Non-Civil) |
| Sheriffs | Rep. Randy Nix (Information & Audits Sec’y) |
| Butch Conway, Gwinnett County | Rep. Billy Horne (Deputy Whip; Public Safety & Homeland Security Sec’y) |
| Steve Cronic, Hall County | Rep. Mark Butler (Vice-Chair, Appropriations) |
| Terry Langley, Carroll County | Rep. Melvin Everson (Judiciary Non-Civil) |
| Mike Yeager, Coweta County | Rep. Clay Cox (Banks & Banking; Higher Education Sec’y) |
| Chris Houston, Greene County | Rep. Jay Neal (Vice-Chair, Public Safety) |
| Randall Johnson, Fayette County | Rep. Tony Sellier (Defense & Veterans Affairs Sec’y) |
| Scott Berry, Oconee County | |
“Lawmakers and law enforcement leaders who keep our courts working, our criminal laws strong, and our civil laws balanced and fair deserve the gratitude of all Georgians for keeping us safe,” said McGuire. “I am grateful that each of these leaders has endorsed my campaign for the Georgia Court of Appeals.”
McGuire, a former corporate counsel with Chick-fil-A, serves as the founding and current chairman of the State Bar Franchise Section, Perry 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, Perry’s 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. Perry 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 Perry to this position in 2007).
Perry 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.
Paid for by Perry McGuire for Court of Appeals