Georgia legal community mourns loss of Chris Townley
A member of the State Bar of Georgia since 1977, Chris first served as an assistant district attorney in South Georgia and later in private practice with the firm of Townley & Lindsay LLC in Rossville. He successfully tried a number of landmark cases during his career, including advocacy that resulted in a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision in Honeycutt v. U.S., a case involving civil forfeiture in certain drug cases.
Chris also served the legal profession as a member of the State Bar’s Board of Governors, Investigative Panel and Disciplinary Rules and Procedures Committee. In January of this year, I had the honor, along with the Bar’s Executive Director, Jeff Davis, of presenting Chris with the 18th annual Chief Justice Thomas O. Marshall Professionalism Award. Recipients of this award have, like Chris, consistently demonstrated the highest professional conduct and paramount reputation for professionalism.
Chris Townley will be missed and fondly remembered by Georgia’s legal community. We appreciate the many contributions he made during his admirable career and his exemplary service to the public and the justice system.
Sincerely,
Social workers: Generations strong
March is the month we celebrate the social work profession. Social workers can work as politicians, advocates, health care workers, mental health counselors; they work in hospice, child welfare, education, and the list goes on. Social workers help individuals, families, communities, and create positive change on the national level. Social worker Jane Adams was the first American woman to win the Nobel peace prize; social worker Frances Perkins was the first woman appointed to the U.S. cabinet and played a key part in implementing social security, minimum wage, and unemployment. And now social workers Barbra Lee and Debbie Stabenow serve in the United States Congress. Social workers are generations strong and on May 9, I will join this great profession as part of this generation of social workers.