Finnis Larry Salmon

Background

Salmon, Finnis Larry was born on March 29, 1938 in Rome, Georgia, United States. Son of Finnis Cartwright and Bonnie Vera (Smith) Salmon.

Education

Student, Georgia Institute Technology, 1956-1957; Bachelor of Business Administration, U. Georgia, 1962; Juris Doctor, U. Georgia, 1963; postgraduate, Northwestern University, 1970; postgraduate, National College District Attorneys, 1973; postgraduate, National Judicial College, 1989.

Career

Private practice, Rome, 1963-1969; assistant solicitor general, State Court Floyd County, Rome, 1966-1969; solicitor, State Court Floyd County, Rome, 1969-1972; district attorney, Rome Judicial Circuit, 1969-1985; private practice, Rome, 1985-1989; judge, Superior Court Rome Judicial Circuit, since 1989. Member Georgia Crime Commission, 1977-1979, Judicial Planning Commission Georgia, 1979-1982, Criminal Justice Coord. Council, 1982-1983; member Georgia Court Justices Automation Commission, 1991-1995, vice chairman, 1992-1995.

Chairman Prospective Attorneys Council Georgia, 1979, 82-83.

Achievements

• Bar: admitted in 1962 to Georgia Trial Court Justices, United States District Court (northern and mid.dists.) Georgia, Supreme Court of the United States Court, United States Court Appeals (5th and 11th circuits).

Membership

President Floyd-Polk Younger Lawyers Association, 1973. Member American Bar Association, State Bar Georgia (chairman criminal law section 1973-1974), Rome Bar Association (secretary-treasurer 1963), District Attorneys Association Georgia (president 1976, distinguished district attorney award 1979), Elks, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Sally Frances Meroney, July 23, 1961. Children: Stacy Leigh Salmon Dean, Finnis Kevin.

Father:

Finnis Cartwright Salmon

Mother:

Bonnie Vera (Smith) Salmon

Spouse:

Sally Frances Meroney

child:

Finnis Kevin Salmon

child:

Stacy Leigh Salmon Dean Salmon