At its 2016 annual meeting in Athens, the Council of Superior Court Judges awarded the Honorable A. Wallace Cato the fifth annual Emory Findley Award for “Outstanding Judicial Service.”
Judge Cato is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law. He has served as a South Georgia Judicial Circuit superior court judge for over 37 years. Judge Cato also served as the Council’s president May 1984-April 1985.
The award is named for the late Atlantic Judicial Circuit superior court Judge Emory Findley, who served in that role from 1976-1994. Judge Findley died in 2004, still serving as a senior judge. The annual award is given to honor a judge who exemplifies Judge Findley’s virtues of visionary leadership, resolve, and dedication.
The award was presented to Judge Cato by Chief Judge Arch W. McGarity, Flint Judicial Circuit.