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This is a list of the justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia, the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia: Justices. Judge Began active service
The Supreme Court of Georgia is located at the Nathan Deal Judicial Center in Atlanta. The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia. The court was established in 1845 as a three-member panel, increased in number to six, then to seven in 1945, and finally to nine in 2017. [1]
Pages in category "Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Justices Stephen Dillard, Ken Hodges, Benjamin Land, Amanda Mercier, Brian Rickman, and Jeffrey Watkins were unopposed for re-election. Since 1896, justices on the Supreme Court and judges on the Court of Appeals have been directly elected in statewide elections. Judicial elections were made non-partisan in 1983. Elections for nonpartisan state ...
The Georgia Supreme Court is the highest judicial power in the state, and thus will review decisions in both civil and criminal cases made by lower courts across the state. ... justices on the ...
As of January 20, 2025, the United States Senate has confirmed 234 Article III judges nominated by Trump: three associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, 54 judges for the United States courts of appeals, 174 judges for the United States district courts, and three judges for the United States Court of International Trade ...
(The Center Square) – Threats against judges and other courtroom personnel are increasing but Georgia's courts are as strong as ever, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Boggs said in his ...
First female (Georgia Court of Appeals): Dorothy Beasley (1969) in 1984 [16] First female (temporary judge; Georgia Supreme Court): Dorothy Robinson in 1985 [13] [14] First African American female (superior court): Leah Ward Sears (1980) in 1988 [17] First African American female (Chief Presiding Judge of a Georgia court): Glenda Hatchett (1977 ...