U.S. attorney confirmed for north Ga.

US attorney confirmed for Northern District of Ga.

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Acting U.S. Attorney Sally Yates speaks to the press in Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, March 4, 2010 with (from left) Paul Jones, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Ken Smith, special agent in charge of ICE Office of Investigations, standing behind her at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building. More

ATLANTA - Sally Quillian Yates has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.

Yates has been serving as acting U.S. attorney for the district since August. The previous U.S. attorney, David Nahmias, was appointed to the state Supreme Court.

She served as first assistant U.S. attorney for seven years. She has been with the U.S. attorney's office since 1989.

She's a 1986 graduate of the University of Georgia law school.