Governor Bentley appoints three judges
February 17, 2011
Alabama: Yesterday Governor Robert Bentley appointed three judges to fill vacancies on the state courts.
Liles Burke will succeed Kelli Wise on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. Burke has been a judge on the Marshall County District Court since 2006. This appointment fills the last vacancy on the state's appellate courts.[1]
James H. Roberts, Jr. was appointed to the Circuit 6 Court. He succeeds Charles Malone, who resigned to serve in the administration of Governor Bentley.[2]
Mannon G. Bankson, Jr. will succeed Gus Colvin on the District Court in Calhoun County. Bankson has primarily worked as an attorney in private practice, but also spent two years as a judge on the Circuit 7 Court.[3]
All three judges must run for their appointed seats in the 2012 election if they will to continue serving.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ Office of the Alabama Governor, Press Release: "Governor Bentley Appoints Marshall County District Judge to Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals," February 16, 2011
- ↑ The Gadsen Times, "Marshall County judge to fill Court of Criminal Appeals vacancy," February 16, 2011
- ↑ Office of the Alabama Governor, Press Release: "Governor Bentley Appoints Calhoun County District Judge," February 16, 2011
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Alabama," archived October 2, 2014
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