Steve Harris,

solicitor of Fayette State Court, announced at

the Fayette County Republican Breakfast Saturday

that he will run for reelection.

This will be

Harris' second four-year term if elected. Harris

was the first solicitor elected to the newly

formed State Court in 1997. When he took office

there was a two to three year backlog of close to

300 cases pending. According to Harris, the court

has dispensed with all of the older cases and is

now hearing cases on a current basis.

The solicitor

prosecutes misdemeanor criminal cases from the

Magistrate Court or a city court, which are

punishable by less than one year in jail and a

$5,000 fine. The cases range from traffic

offenses and property damage to theft, drugs and

violent crimes.

Harris was

graduated from the Georgia Institute of

Technology in 1973 and was graduated Summa Cum

Laude from John Marshall Law School.

He has been the

vice president of the Fayette County Bar

Association, has an extensive criminal and civil

litigation background and served as a police

officer with the Atlanta Police Department.

Additionally, he was a detective/undercover

narcotic agent assigned to the Federal Drug Task

Force and an associate professor of Law at John

Marshall Law School.

Harris is married

to wife, Lyn, and has two sons, Chris and Matt.

He is a native Georgian and has been a Fayette

County resident for over 13 years.

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