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Kemp Names DA To Become Judge In Circuit East Of Atlanta
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Gov. Brian Kemp is appointing a district attorney to the bench in a two-county judicial circuit east of Atlanta.
Kemp announced Thursday that he was naming Layla H. Zon to a superior court judgeship in the Alcovy Judicial Circuit, which includes Newton and Walton counties.
She replaced Judge Samuel Ozburn, who resigned. Zon was hired as a prosecutor in the circuit in 2000 and was named district attorney in the circuit in 2010 by then-Gov. Nathan Deal.
She briefly launched a run for another superior court seat when Judge Horace Johnson Jr. announced he would run for the state Supreme Court. Johnson didn’t run and Zon didn't challenge the sitting judge.
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