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George H. Carley (born September 24, 1938) is an American lawyer and judge. He is a retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. From Decatur, Georgia, Carley served on the Court from 1993 until July 2012. ==Early life and career== Carley was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1938, the only child of George L. Carley, Jr. and Dorothy Holmes Carley.〔(Biography: Presiding Justice George H. Carley ). Supreme Court of Georgia (last accessed May 5, 2012).〕〔Bill Rankin, (Justice a unique voice on high court ) (November 24, 2009). ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution''.〕 His family moved to Decatur, Georgia, in 1948. Carley's father was a member of the United States Public Health Service and while posted in Burma, Carley attended the eighth and ninth grades at the Woodstock School in Mussoorie, India, from 1951 to 1953.〔〔 Returning to the United States, Carley graduated from Decatur High School in 1956.〔 Carley served in the United States Army Reserve from 1956 to 1960, and was on active duty in 1956.〔 Carley received his A.B. from the University of Georgia in 1960 and his LL.B. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1962. Carley was a member of Alpha Tau Omega.〔 Carley has stated that his favorite professor in law school was the property law expert Verner F. Chaffin.〔(Alumni Spotlight: George Carley (LL.B.'62) ) (February 2011). University of Georgia Law School.〕 Carley was admitted to the bar in 1961 and for three months served in the title department at the Atlanta law firm of Hansell Post Brandon & Dorse before quitting and returning to Decatur, where he practiced from 1963 until becoming a judge in 1979.〔〔 Carley briefly was an attorney for the U.S. Public Housing Administration before leaving to start a solo practice that grew into a larger law firm.〔 Carley served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1966 and in 1971 became a partner with the Decatur firm of McCurdy & Candler.〔 Carley represented the Housing Authority of the City of Decatur and also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for Georgia Department of Transportation eminent domain cases.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George H. Carley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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