Judicial watchdog director to join State Bar
Jeff Davis, who serves as director of the state’s judicial watchdog agency, has been chosen to be the State Bar of Georgia’s next executive director.
The State Bar’s executive committee recently voted unanimously to select Davis for the position. He awaits final approval for the job by a vote of the legal group’s Board of Governors in June. Davis has served as director of the Judicial Qualifications Commission since 2010. He previously worked for the State Bar as an assistant counsel and, in the mid-1990s, helped Caribou Coffee gets its start in Atlanta.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
