Introduction of the Honorable Jim Marshall on Law Day 2008, Macon, Georgia - David Oedel

• Jurisdiction: United States,Federal
• Citation: Vol. 59 No. 4
• Publication year: 2008

Introduction of the Honorable Jim Marshall on Law Day 2008, Macon, Georgiaby Professor Dave Oedel^*

You all know that Jim Marshall, who has graciously agreed to be our speaker today, is Middle Georgia's member of the United States House of Representatives.

Jim has lots of personal history in the heart of Georgia, having clerked for Judge Owens and Judge Bootle in the 1970s, having been a professor at Mercer Law School throughout the 1980s, having served as mayor of Macon in the 1990s, and having now faithfully represented Middle Georgia in Congress for most of this decade.

During his six years in Congress, Jim has made a big impression. Not all of it has been positive. Some Washington strategists have personally and repeatedly targeted Jim for defeat, sending President Bush down to this district twice in the last election alone just to try to oust Jim from a district that voted for President Bush. Jim prevailed anyway.

The Washington strategists apparently did not know what many of us...