Vincent Lotti has been named by Gov. Brian Kemp to the Henry County State Court bench. He is succeeding longtime judge Ernest Blount, who has retired. Lotti is a lifelong Henry County resident who graduated from the University of Georgia and later attended John Marshall Law School after working as a probation officer with Henry County Juvenile Court.

He established his own practice after graduating from law school, and he served briefly as a McDonough Municipal Court judge and for the past two years as a Henry County Magistrate Court judge. In 2018 he qualified to run for a State Court judgeship in the general election.

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