President Barack Obama has nominated four judges and attorneys to serve in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, White House officials said Thursday. Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Michael P. Boggs, Atlanta attorneys, Mark Howard Cohen and Leigh Martin May, and DeKalb County State Court Judge Eleanor Louise Ross have each been nominated to serve in federal court. Gainesville serves as one of four regional divisions for the Northern District, with a federal court building opposite the Hall County Courthouse on Spring Street.