Governor Roy Barnes

A lifelong resident of cobb county georgia roy barnes received his undergraduate degree from the university of georgia and graduated with honors from the lumpkin school of law at uga in 1972.

Governor roy barnes. After two terms. Roy eugene barnes born march 11 1948 is an american attorney and politician. After serving in the cobb district attorney s office for two years he was elected to the first of eight terms in the state senate. Barnes was born in mableton georgia.

Making it right for those who have been wronged. Upon graduation he went to work as a prosecutor in the cobb county district attorney s office where he stayed until opening his first law firm in 1975. A democratic state legislator for nearly twenty five years barnes won the gubernatorial election with 53 percent of the statewide vote. I met craig when he was the precinct commander in mableton and i learned what a fine police officer he is said barnes.

Roy barnes at the new georgia encyclopedia. Roy barnes for governor official campaign site. That means our lawyers have always been and will always be in the corner of the individuals and businesses that need us the most anchored by roy barnes georgia s former governor and one of the nation s preeminent trial attorneys we concentrate on helping regular folks level. After democratic governor roy barnes replaced the 1956 state flag which was adopted by georgia to protest integration because it featured a battle flag emblem of the confederacy perdue promised in his 2002 election campaign that he would let the state s citizens vote to determine the state flag of georgia.

Barnes law group operates on a simple yet powerful philosophy. As of 2020 he is the most recent democrat to hold the office of governor of georgia. He attended the university of georgia earning a bachelor s degree in history in 1969 and a law degree in 1972. He previously served in that position from 1998 2002 and sought a second term losing to republican nathan deal.

March 11 1948 mableton ga was the 2010 democratic candidate for governor of georgia. Roy barnes was sworn in as the eightieth governor of georgia on january 11 1999 and served until 2003. State of georgia from 1999 to 2003. Roy barnes who served as governor of georgia from 1999 to 2003 has endorsed craig owens in the race for cobb county sheriff.

A democratic member of the georgia senate from 1974 to 1990 barnes ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1990 losing to lieutenant governor zell miller. He was the 80th governor of georgia from 1999 to 2003.