H. Bradford “Brad” Morris was reappointed Wednesday to another four-year term as the Circuit Public Defender for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit, which encompasses Hall and Dawson counties.
Morris who has been in charge of the Office of the Public Defender for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit since its inception in 2004. He was recommended for reappointment by a local supervisory committee. In his role, Morris is responsible for an office of 14 attorneys and 10 support staff who represent indigent criminal defendants in the two-county circuit.
Bryan P. Tyson, Executive Director of the Georgia Public Defender Council, reappointed Morris to the post on the recommendation of the local committee. The new term begins July 1 and expires in June 2020.
Morris, a resident of Gainesville, is a graduate of Emory University and the University of Houston School of Law and has practiced criminal law for more than 40 years.
Morris was the 2008 recipient of the Judge A.R. Kenyon Award from the Gainesville-Northeastern Circuit Bar Association and was also honored by the University of Georgia School of Law Equal Justice Foundation with its Practitioner’s Award for Outstanding Commitment to Public Interest Law for 2009-2010. In 2011, he received the Indigent Defense Award from the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for his lifetime commitment to the representation of indigent criminal defendants.
