GA HR855

Georgia House Resolution 855 recognizes and commends Chief Justice David E. Nahmias for his public service career and congratulates him upon his retirement

Nahmias graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman on the D.C. Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

Served as a federal prosecutor working on the Centennial Olympic Park bombing investigation and, after September 11, 2001, became one of the Justice Department's leading terrorism prosecutors

Nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, serving nearly five years and overseeing high-profile prosecutions including former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell and the Kathryn Johnston police shooting case

Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide an appropriate copy of the resolution to Chief Justice Nahmias