FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 13, 2007
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Contact Sarah Haskin
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Donald F. Oliver Appointed to Georgia Public Defender Standards Council
Donald F. Oliver, County Attorney for Walker County, has been appointed by Glenn Richardson, Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, to serve on the 11-member Georgia Public Defender Standards Council representing the 7th Judicial District of Georgia. Oliver replaces Rome attorney Edward Hine, Jr., whose four-year term on the Council has expired.
Oliver received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Georgia in 1980. Before becoming the County Attorney for Walker County, Oliver was in private practice and briefly served as the City Judge for Chickamauga. Oliver also served two terms in the Georgia House of Representatives as the representative from the 1st District.
Oliver is the Immediate Past President of the County Attorney section of the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia and will serve as the Standards Council liaison with the Association.
Oliver is married to the former Helen Wyatt of Paris, Tennessee. They have two children: Wyatt, age 19; and Savannah, age 16. Oliver and his family presently live on a farm in southern Walker County, where they raise hay, horses, longhorn cattle, and buffalo.
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