Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Sara Doyle, a 1994 Mercer Law School graduate, was initiated April 20 as an honorary member of the law school’s Fish chapter of Phi Alpha Delta.

 

To qualify for honorary membership one must have attained unusual distinction in the legal profession or in the field of law on at least a statewide basis and be unanimously approved by the International Executive Board of Phi Alpha Delta – the foremost legal fraternity for men and women law professionals. Judge Doyle, a cum laude graduate of the law school, was a member of the law review and received numerous awards and honors while a law student.

 

Following law school, Judge Doyle joined the prestigious law firm of Holland & Knight

and ultimately became a partner. In 2005-07, she was named a Georgia Super Lawyer, and also to Georgia Legal Elite in 2005. She also serves on the executive committee

of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Judge Doyle has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and all federal and state courts in Georgia.

 

Last year, Judge Doyle ran statewide in a field of seven lawyers for a vacant seat on the Georgia Court of Appeals, ultimately prevailing in a run-off election in December 2008.