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Phipps to become new chief judge
Judge Herbert E. Phipps will become the new chief judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals on July 1, the court said.
Phipps, a former Superior Court judge in Albany, was appointed to the appellate court bench by Gov. Roy Barnes in 1999. Phipps will be sworn into his new position on June 25. He will succeed Chief Judge John Ellington and serve a term of two years.
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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.
