Announcement/Press Release

On November , 2010 Keith Blackwell of Atlanta, and Stephen Dillard of Macon were appointed as judges of the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Judge Blackwell takes the seat of former Judge G. Alan Blackburn and Judge Dillard takes the seat of the late Judge Debra Bernes. Both new judges will serve on the 2010 Third Division of the Court. Judge Blackwell will serve on the 2011 Division and Judge Dillard will serve on the 2011 Division.

Effective November , 2010, all appeals and applications that are pending which were assigned to Senior Judge G. Alan Blackburn are now assigned to Judge Keith Blackwell and all appeals and applications that are pending and were assigned to Senior Judge William LeRoy McMurray, Jr. and Marion T. Pope, Jr. are now assigned to Judge Stephen Dillard.