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The Office of Legislative Counsel is a joint office of the General Assembly of Georgia, created by statute in 1959. The office serves as in-house legal counsel for the General Assembly and provides services to all members in their official capacities on a nonpartisan, impartial, and confidential basis. Primary responsibilities include drafting legislation, counseling legislators and legislative committees, issuing legal opinions on statutory interpretation and constitutionality, and legal editorial work. The office also serves as staff for the Georgia Code Revision Commission, which has oversight of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. The office is under the direction of the Legislative Counsel, who is elected by the Legislative Services Committee.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wayne R. Allen, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 1992
STAFF
Deputy Legislative Counsel
David R. Bundrick, J.D., Stetson Univ., 1980
Elizabeth P. Howerton, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 1994
H. Jeff Lanier, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 1978
Terry L. Long, J.D., Ga. State Univ., 1988
Richard C. Ruskell, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 1979
Shawn Marie Story, J.D., Mercer Univ., 1993
Jill A. Travis, J.D., Mercer Univ., 1986
G. Lynn Whitten, J.D., Univ. of Ala., 1980
Assistant Legislative Counsel
Jeremy C. Arey, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 2010
Jennifer S. Dolde, J.D., Ga. State Univ., 2005
Julius B. Tolbert, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 2003
Administrative Support
Jennifer Burgess, Administrative Assistant
Diana Daniels, Executive Assistant
Editors
Arianne Berens
Eugie Foster
Vandy Beth Glenn
Lawrence Schwartz
Vallerie Trent, Supervising Editor
Computer Operators
Teresa Adkins
Tracy Cochran
Annette Culpepper
Mandy DuBose
Joyce Hall
Sharon Hubbard
Doris Ragland
Natasha Spurrier
GEORGIA LAW
Georgia Code
General Statutes Summaries
MORE ABOUT THE OFFICE
Statute
O.C.G.A. § 28-4-3. Office of Legislative Counsel; creation; qualifications; powers and duties.
Articles
Frank H. Edwards, The Office of Legislative Counsel. Reprinted with permission from the Georgia State Bar Journal, Volume 23, Number 3, February 1987. Copyright State Bar of Georgia. Statements expressed within this article should not be considered endorsements of products or procedures by the State Bar of Georgia. The Office of Legislative Counsel
Terry A. McKenzie, The Making of a New Code: The Official Code of Georgia Annotated: Recodification in Georgia. Reprinted with permission from the Georgia State Bar Journal, Volume 18, Number 3, February 1982. Copyright State Bar of Georgia. Statements expressed within this article should not be considered endorsements of products or procedures by the State Bar of Georgia. The Making of a New Code
Former Legislative Counsels
(reverse chronological order, with terms of office)
Sewell R. Brumby, J.D., Univ. of Ga., 1978 (1987-2011)
Frank H. Edwards, LL.B., Univ. of Ga., 1942 (1959-1987) |