On the recordFebruary 28, 2011
I rise to second the statements made by Senator Chambliss on these two nominees to the northern district of Georgia court, Amy Totenberg and Steve Jones. Amy Totenberg is an attorney, in practice for many years, a judge, an arbitrator, a mediator, and an educator. She brings a wealth of experience to the bench in many areas, not the least of which is personnel law. In fact, during her term of service to the Atlanta Board of Education in the mid-1990s, I was chairman of the State Board of Education and dealt with the major litigation pieces that went through the system of education in Georgia. I know of her competence, her ability, and the trust her colleagues have in her, and I think she will be an excellent appointee to the northern district of Georgia bench. Steve Jones is the real deal. He is a terrific individual, one of those people who is so active in trying to make the community better. One example is Clark County in Athens where Steve has been a superior court judge for many years, which is one of the leading and founding drug courts in America, an intervention court that intervenes in those first drug cases when young people are caught for the first time, works with them as an advocate and as a mentor to see to it they never return to drugs and therefore never return to crime.
