Superior Court `Survivor' judge pushes natural gas
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Posted 8:36AM on Friday, July 19, 2002
ATLANTA - Superior Court Judge Paschal English Junior - a finalist on the TV show ``Survivor'' - is facing criticism from some legal experts who say a judge should not do commercial endorsements. <br>
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English was known as ``Pappy'' on the CBS show's Marquesas Islands edition. The judge who works in Fayetteville south of Atlanta is appearing as a celebrity spokesman this spring in billboard, Internet, television and radio advertisements for Atlanta Gas Light Company. <br>
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The utility and South Carolina-based Ducane Gas Grills Incorporated are sponsoring a ``Summer Survival'' promotion touting the benefits of natural gas instead of propane. <br>
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The ads' tag line reads, ``Pappy doesn't do propane.'' <br>
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Lyman Patterson is a professor of legal ethics at the University of Georgia Law School. He says Patterson's contract to be a commercial spokesman is not consistent with his position as a judge. <br>
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English declined to comment. But in an interview with the Daily Report in Atlanta, English said he does not care about the opinions of law professors ``in their ivory towers.''