Georgia Governor Nathan Deal appointed Judge Michael P. Boggs, Superior Court Judge in the Waycross Judicial Circuit and 1990 Mercer Law graduate, to the Georgia Court of Appeals in December, 2011. Judge Boggs was sworn in on Friday, Jan. 6 in the state House of Representatives chamber. A former Georgia state representative, Boggs has been on the Waycross Judicial Circuit bench for over six years. He serves as a member of the Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform Nominating Commission, the Judicial Council of Georgia Standing Committee on Accountability Courts and is the founding director of the Waycross Judicial Circuit Drug Court program.