Rep. Johnson names Atlanta attorney to judicial review committee

LITHONIA, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA), who represents parts of DeKalb, Rockdale and Gwinnett counties, has named Atlanta attorney Martin D. Chitwood to the congressional Georgia Judicial Review Committee.

Replacing former state Sen. David Adelman, who is now U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Chitwood is the lead partner in Chitwood Harley Harnes LLC in Atlanta.

“Martin has served as lead or co-lead counsel in more than 40 class actions nationwide and has been instrumental in recovering billions of dollars for investors and other class members,” said Congressman Johnson, a former attorney and magistrate judge. “He is widely considered the plaintiffs’ lawyer in Georgia and has been recognized as a Georgia “Super Lawyer” by Law and Politics each year since 2004.”

Chitwood will serve on the state’s Democratic congressional delegation’s twelve-member panel that screens applicants and recommends nominees for federal district judge, prosecutor, and marshal vacancies in the state.

“It’s an honor to serve my state and nation is this capacity,” said Chitwood, who has served by appointment as a Georgia’s Special Assistant Attorney General. “I appreciate Congressman Johnson’s faith that I will serve the people and judicial system of Georgia with diligence and distinction.”

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