Governor Nathan Deal - Georgia’s 82nd Governor (2011-2019)

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Deal announces judicial appointment within Cobb County

January 30, 2013

Gov. Nathan Deal today announced the appointment of Henry R. Thompson as state court judge of Cobb County. Thompson will fill the vacancy created by the appointment of the Hon. Robert D. Leonard II to the Superior Court of the Cobb Judicial Circuit. The appointment will take effect upon swearing in.

Henry R. Thompson
Thompson currently serves as senior assistant district attorney within the Cobb Judicial Circuit. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Emory University and his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law.  He and his wife, Deana, have four children and live in Acworth.