Bill Hamrick

William "Bill" Grady Hamrick III (born October 6, 1964) is an American lawyer, politician, and judge on the Superior Court of Georgia in the Coweta Circuit. He was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal and took office on September 3, 2012 to fill the seat vacated when Judge William F. Lee retired.[5]

Bill Hamrick
Judge for the Coweta Judicial Circuit of Georgia
Assumed office
September 10, 2012
Appointed byNathan Deal
Preceded byWilliam F. Lee
Member of the Georgia Senate from the 30th District
In office
2002–2012
Preceded bySam P. Roberts[1]
Succeeded byMike Dugan[2]
Personal details
Born
William Grady Hamrick III

(1964-10-06) October 6, 1964[3]
Carrollton, Georgia, U.S.[3]
Political partyRepublican[4]
Spouse(s)Susan
ResidenceCarrollton, Georgia
EducationAuburn University (BBA)
Georgia State University (JD)

Prior to joining the bench, Bill Hamrick was a Georgia State Senator elected to 30th District in 2000 in a special election. Senator Hamrick represented the citizens of Carroll, Douglas, and Paulding Counties. In the Senate, Senator Hamrick was the chairman of the Senate Judiciary, chairman of Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, chairman of the Criminal Justice Subcommittee on Appropriations and served as vice chairman of the Senate Rules Committee. Hamrick also served on the Ethics and Public Safety Committees. In the Senate, Bill Hamrick chaired the Senate Study Committee to rewrite the Juvenile Justice Code. In 2003, Bill Hamrick co-chaired the HOPE Scholarship Joint Study Commission to review the HOPE Scholarship and keep it viable for future generations.

From 1990 to 1992, he was a Governor's Intern and Student Prosecutor for the Dekalb County District Attorney's Office in Georgia and from 1993 to 1994 he served as an Assistant to Georgia Congressman George Darden.[3]

A native of Carrollton, Georgia, Bill Hamrick graduated from Carrollton High School in 1983. Hamrick received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Auburn University, and then in 1992 earned a law degree from Georgia State University College of Law.

While at Auburn University, Hamrick was President of Sigma Nu Fraternity. He currently resides in Carrollton, Georgia with his wife, Susan.

References
  1. Members of the General Assembly of Georgia, Senate and House of Representatives, second session of 1999-2000 term
  2. Senator Mike Dugan Bio
  3. Hubbell, Martindale (April 2000). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho (Volume 7 - 2000). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561603763.
  4. Hamrick's Georgia Senate Bio (PDF)
  5. "Hamrick gets Coweta judgeship". Times-Herald. 1 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
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