He served as City Attorney, Riverdale and Morrow; Deputy Assistant Attorney General; County Attorney (Clayton); Assistant Solicitor-General, Solicitor-General, and Judge, Superior Court, Clayton Circuit, 1961-1977, the last 15 years as Chief Judge; appointed to Court of Appeals of Georgia in 1977 by Governor George Busbee; Chief Judge, January 1,1985, to December 31,1986; Presiding Judge, January 1,1987.
Harold Banke
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) - Harold Banke, a former appellate judge who filed a lawsuit to keep from retiring at age 75, died Tuesday of respiratory failure at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He was 85.
Banke, a former judge in Superior Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals, filed a lawsuit challenging the retirement age law when he was told to retire at age 75 or forfeit his position. Banke did not win but soon was appointed senior appellate court judge by Gov. Zell Miller. He served in that capacity until July 1, 1999, a month shy of 83.
Banke was city attorney for Riverdale and Morrow. After a brief stint as Clayton County solicitor general, he became a Superior Court judge in Clayton County in 1961. Gov. George Busbee appointed him to the appeals court in 1977.
As a Superior Court judge, Banke once presided over a case in which F. Lee Bailey defended a preacher charged with killing a young man accused of stealing gas from a church bus. The preacher was convicted, but Bailey was impressed by Banke's handling of the case.
Harold Banke
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) - Harold Banke, a former appellate judge who filed a lawsuit to keep from retiring at age 75, died Tuesday of respiratory failure at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He was 85.
Banke, a former judge in Superior Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals, filed a lawsuit challenging the retirement age law when he was told to retire at age 75 or forfeit his position. Banke did not win but soon was appointed senior appellate court judge by Gov. Zell Miller. He served in that capacity until July 1, 1999, a month shy of 83.
Banke was city attorney for Riverdale and Morrow. After a brief stint as Clayton County solicitor general, he became a Superior Court judge in Clayton County in 1961. Gov. George Busbee appointed him to the appeals court in 1977.
As a Superior Court judge, Banke once presided over a case in which F. Lee Bailey defended a preacher charged with killing a young man accused of stealing gas from a church bus. The preacher was convicted, but Bailey was impressed by Banke's handling of the case.
He served as City Attorney, Riverdale and Morrow; Deputy Assistant Attorney General; County Attorney (Clayton); Assistant Solicitor-General, Solicitor-General, and Judge, Superior Court, Clayton Circuit, 1961-1977, the last 15 years as Chief Judge; appointed to Court of Appeals of Georgia in 1977 by Governor George Busbee; Chief Judge, January 1,1985, to December 31,1986; Presiding Judge, January 1,1987.
Harold Banke
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) - Harold Banke, a former appellate judge who filed a lawsuit to keep from retiring at age 75, died Tuesday of respiratory failure at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He was 85.
Banke, a former judge in Superior Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals, filed a lawsuit challenging the retirement age law when he was told to retire at age 75 or forfeit his position. Banke did not win but soon was appointed senior appellate court judge by Gov. Zell Miller. He served in that capacity until July 1, 1999, a month shy of 83.
Banke was city attorney for Riverdale and Morrow. After a brief stint as Clayton County solicitor general, he became a Superior Court judge in Clayton County in 1961. Gov. George Busbee appointed him to the appeals court in 1977.
As a Superior Court judge, Banke once presided over a case in which F. Lee Bailey defended a preacher charged with killing a young man accused of stealing gas from a church bus. The preacher was convicted, but Bailey was impressed by Banke's handling of the case.
Harold Banke
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) - Harold Banke, a former appellate judge who filed a lawsuit to keep from retiring at age 75, died Tuesday of respiratory failure at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He was 85.
Banke, a former judge in Superior Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals, filed a lawsuit challenging the retirement age law when he was told to retire at age 75 or forfeit his position. Banke did not win but soon was appointed senior appellate court judge by Gov. Zell Miller. He served in that capacity until July 1, 1999, a month shy of 83.
Banke was city attorney for Riverdale and Morrow. After a brief stint as Clayton County solicitor general, he became a Superior Court judge in Clayton County in 1961. Gov. George Busbee appointed him to the appeals court in 1977.
As a Superior Court judge, Banke once presided over a case in which F. Lee Bailey defended a preacher charged with killing a young man accused of stealing gas from a church bus. The preacher was convicted, but Bailey was impressed by Banke's handling of the case.
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