Spring 2012 Alumni Magazine

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Jeff Kight, ’95, Appointed to Superior Court in Waycross Circuit

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal appointed Jeffrey H. Kight, Coffee County Solicitor General, to be a Superior Court judge in the Waycross circuit in March, 2012. Kight fills the seat vacated by Michael P. Boggs, 1990 Mercer Law graduate, who was appointed to the state Court of Appeals in December.

Yale Deputy Dean to Deliver 2012 Law Day Address on March 16

Douglas A. Kysar, deputy dean and Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at Mercer Law School’s 2012 Law Day luncheon on Friday, March 16. His presentation is entitled “Limited Government in an Era of Unlimited Harm: A Case Study of Climate Change Litigation." The luncheon starts at 12:30 p.m. and will be held in the University Center on Mercer University’s main campus.

Mercer Law Alumnus Phil Raymond, ’79, appointed as Macon Judicial Circuit Judge

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has chosen Macon attorney Philip T. Raymond III to be the next Macon Judicial Circuit judge. Raymond, 58, is a partner at Macon’s Shaffer, Raymond and Dalton law firm.

Mercer Law Remembers Professor Reynold Kosek.

Professor Reynold Joseph Kosek, Jr., age 64, of Ormond Beach, Florida died on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at his home. He had waged a long and incredibly courageous battle against cancer. The Law School will honor Professor Kosek's memory and celebrate his life with a memorial service on Friday, April 27 at 10:30 a.m. in the Moot Courtroom.

New York Times Best Selling Author and Alumnus Steve Berry to Speak at Mercer Law School

New York Times best-selling author and Mercer University law alumnus Steve Berry will speak Feb. 3 at noon in the classroom A of the Mercer Law School. Following the presentation will be a question and answer session for Berry, as well as a book signing. The event is free and open to the public.

 

Did you know?

Three members of the 12-member Georgia Court of Appeals are Mercer Law alumni.