Michael S. Meyer von Bremen, a Democrat from Albany, was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 1998 to represent the 12th Senatorial District of Georgia. He served until 2009; he did not seek re-election and instead ran for a seat on the Georgia Court of Appeals

Georgia Court of Appeals

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 in 2008. From 2002 until he left office he served as the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

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 Senate Minority Leader.

Sen. Meyer von Bremen currently serves as Chairman of the Special Judiciary committee. He also serves as a member of the Senate Appropriations, Ethics, Judiciary and Natural Resources Committees. Additionally he sits on the Joint Commission on Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Committee, the Southern Legislative Conference’s Economic Development, Transportation and Cultural Affairs Committee and the Joint Comprehensive Water Plan Study Committee. Meyer von Bremen has a Governor's appointment to the Workforce Investment Board and a Supreme Court Appointment to the Indigent Defense Commission.

Born August 19, 1957, Meyer von Bremen attended public schools in Albany and graduated from Mercer University

Mercer University

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 in Macon in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He earned his law degree from Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law

Walter F. George School of Law

The Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University, founded in 1873, is one of the oldest law schools in the United States and is the second oldest of Mercer's eleven colleges and schools. The School of Law, with approximately 420 students, is located in Macon, Georgia on its own campus one...

 in 1983.

Senator Meyer von Bremen is a partner in the law firm of Hall Booth Smith & Slover. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the American Bar Association. He is a member and past president of the Dougherty Circuit Bar Association and the Albany Sertoma Club. He is a past president of the College of Liberal Arts and Arts & Sciences Alumni Association for Mercer University.

Having earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 1970, Meyer von Bremen is active in community and civic affairs. He is married to the former Peggy Hicks, and they have two children, Meg and Welsley. They are members of the Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church in Albany where he has served on the Administrative Board and the Board of Trustees. He is also a member of the Chancel Choir.

The 12th Senatorial District includes all of Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Randolph, Terrell and Quitman counties and portions of Mitchell County.

In 2008, Meyer von Bremen announced his candidacy for the Georgia Court of Appeals

Georgia Court of Appeals

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. He did not win the election and returned to private law practice.