Local DA Appointed to Court of Appeals Judgeship

A local district attorney has been appointed to a judgeship.

Brian Rickman, the District Attorney for the Mountain Judicial Circuit was named as a judge to the Georgia Court of Appeals.

He is also an adjunct professor and serves on the board of trustees at Piedmont College.

Rickman earned a bachelor’s degree from Piedmont College and a law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law.

Governor Nathan Deal announced the appointments Thursday afternoon.

Rickman was one of three attorneys appointed as judges to the Court of Appeals.

The new judgeships were created by the passage of HB 279 during the 2015 legislative session.

The terms of the new judges will begin Jan. 1, 2016 and will continue through Dec. 31, 2018.