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GA HR1825

Resolution

Status

Passed

3/22/2016

Primary Sponsor

Carolyn Hugley

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015-2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Georgia House Resolution 1825 recognizes and commends Representative LaDawn "LBJ" Blackett Jones for her years of dedicated public service to the State of Georgia
  • Representative Jones graduated cum laude from Tennessee State University with a B.A. in English and earned her law degree from Tulane University, where she created Diversity Month, a program nominated for an American Bar Association Community Service award
  • She served six years in the Fulton County District Attorney's office, rising to Chief Senior Assistant District Attorney and becoming the first director of a community prosecution unit that expanded to four new offices across Fulton County
  • In 2005, she founded Women of Westlake, a community service organization that has graduated more than 150 teen girls from south Atlanta, and she currently operates the LBJ Group, LLC, a holistic counseling law firm on Auburn Avenue
  • The Clerk of the House of Representatives is directed to provide an appropriate copy of the resolution to Representative Jones

Legislative Description

Jones, Representative LaDawn "LBJ" Blackett; commend

Last Action

House Read and Adopted

3/22/2016

Full Bill Text

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