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Board of Governors

The State Bar of Georgia is governed by a Board of Governors. The Board controls and administers the affairs of the State Bar. Members of the Board of Governors are the voice of the members in the circuit they represent. The Board is comprised of the Attorney General of Georgia, officer members and elected and appointed Board of Governors members. Read More.

Meeting Dates, Minutes and Agendas

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Board of Governors Members

 

NamePositionTerm Expires
Hon. Carson Dane PerkinsAlapaha Circuit, Post 12013
Mr. Thomas C. Chambers, IIIAlapaha Circuit, Post 22014
Mr. Steven A. HathornAlcovy Circuit, Post 12013
Mr. Michael R. Jones, Sr.Alcovy Circuit, Post 22014
Mr. Will H. Pickett, Jr.Appalachian Circuit2013
Judge Diane E. BessenAtlanta Circuit, Post 12013
Mr. Brian DeVoe RogersAtlanta Circuit, Post 22014
Ms. Whitney Diane MaukAtlanta Circuit, Post 32013
Mr. Jeffrey Ray KuesterAtlanta Circuit, Post 42014
Ms. Catherine KouraAtlanta Circuit, Post 52013
Mr. Dwight L. ThomasAtlanta Circuit, Post 62014
Mr. William M. Ragland, Jr.Atlanta Circuit, Post 72013
Mr. Kenneth Bryant Hodges, IIIAtlanta Circuit, Post 82014
Mr. Damon Erik ElmoreAtlanta Circuit, Post 92013
Mr. Myles E. EastwoodAtlanta Circuit, Post 102014
Ms. Jill PryorAtlanta Circuit, Post 112013
Ms. Elena KaplanAtlanta Circuit, Post 122014
Ms. Emily S. BairAtlanta Circuit, Post 132013
Mr. Edward B. KrugmanAtlanta Circuit, Post 142014
Ms. Letitia A. McDonaldAtlanta Circuit, Post 152013
Ms. Dawn M. JonesAtlanta Circuit, Post 162014
Ms. Rita Arlene SheffeyAtlanta Circuit, Post 172013
Mr. Foy R. DevineAtlanta Circuit, Post 182014
Ms. Elizabeth Louise FiteAtlanta Circuit, Post 192013
Mr. William V. Custer, IVAtlanta Circuit, Post 202014
Ms. Patricia Anne GorhamAtlanta Circuit, Post 212013
Mr. Frank B. StricklandAtlanta Circuit, Post 222014
Ms. Donna G. BarwickAtlanta Circuit, Post 232013
Mr. Joseph Anthony RoseboroughAtlanta Circuit, Post 242014
Ms. Phyllis J. HolmenAtlanta Circuit, Post 252013
Mr. Anthony B. AskewAtlanta Circuit, Post 262014
Ms. Nancy Jean WhaleyAtlanta Circuit, Post 272013
Mr. J. Henry Walker, IVAtlanta Circuit, Post 282014
Ms. Tina Shadix RoddenberyAtlanta Circuit, Post 292013
Ms. Karlise Yvette GrierAtlanta Circuit, Post 302013
Mr. Michael Brian TerryAtlanta Circuit, Post 312014
Mr. Seth David KirschenbaumAtlanta Circuit, Post 322013
Ms. S. Kendall ButterworthAtlanta Circuit, Post 332014
Ms. Allegra J. LawrenceAtlanta Circuit, Post 342013
Mr. Terrence Lee CroftAtlanta Circuit, Post 352014
Mr. J. Marcus Edward HowardAtlanta Circuit, Post 362013
Mr. Samuel M. MatchettAtlanta Circuit, Post 372014
Mr. Michael Dickinson Hobbs, Jr.Atlanta Circuit, Post 382014
Ms. Anita Wallace ThomasAtlanta Circuit, Post 392013
Ms. Carol V. ClarkAtlanta Circuit, Post 402014
Mr. H. Craig StaffordAtlantic Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. Carl Robert VarnedoeAtlantic Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. Edward J. Coleman, IIIAugusta Circuit, Post 12013
Mr. William James Keogh, IIIAugusta Circuit, Post 22014
Mr. Thomas Reuben Burnside, IIIAugusta Circuit, Post 32013
Mr. William R. McCrackenAugusta Circuit, Post 42014
Hon. Philip C. SmithBell Forsyth Circuit2014
Mr. David Lee Cannon, Jr.Blue Ridge Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. Eric Alvin BallingerBlue Ridge Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. J. Alvin LeaphartBrunswick Circuit, Post 12013
Mr. Jeffrey S. WardBrunswick Circuit, Post 22014
Ms. Gwyn P. NewsomChattahoochee Circuit, Post 12014
Hon. William C. RumerChattahoochee Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. Thomas Frederick GristinaChattahoochee Circuit, Post 32014
Ms. Donna Stanaland HixChattahoochee Circuit, Post 42013
Mr. Randall H. DavisCherokee Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. Thomas Neal BruntCherokee Circuit, Post 22013
Ms. H. Emily GeorgeClayton Circuit, Post 12013
Mr. Harold B. WattsClayton Circuit, Post 22014
Mr. Martin L. Cowen, IIIClayton Circuit, Post 32013
Mr. Dennis C. O'BrienCobb Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. Ronald Arthur LowryCobb Circuit, Post 22013
Hon. David P. DardenCobb Circuit, Post 32014
Mr. Patrick H. HeadCobb Circuit, Post 42013
Hon. J. Stephen SchusterCobb Circuit, Post 52014
Mr. J. Kevin MooreCobb Circuit, Post 62013
Mr. William C. GentryCobb Circuit, Post 72014
Mr. Terry Leighton MillerConasauga Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. Robert Harris Smalley, IIIConasauga Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. James W. HurtCordele Circuit2013
Mr. Gerald P. WordCoweta Circuit, Post 12014
Ms. Sandra Nadeau WisenbakerCoweta Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. Joseph West DentDougherty Circuit, Post 12014
Hon. Gordon Robert ZeeseDougherty Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. Kenneth Ray Bernard, Jr.Douglas Circuit2014
Mr. Edward Burton Claxton, IIIDublin Circuit2013
Ms. Sarah Brown AkinsEastern Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. Lester B. Johnson, IIIEastern Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. Patrick T. O'ConnorEastern Circuit, Post 32014
Mr. N. Harvey WeitzEastern Circuit, Post 42013
Mr. Steven Keith LeibelEnotah Circuit2014
Mr. Gregory A. FutchFlint Circuit, Post 12013
Mr. John Philip WebbFlint Circuit, Post 22014
Ms. Janice Marie WallaceGriffin Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. Roy B. Huff, Jr.Griffin Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. David S. LipscombGwinnett Circuit, Post 12013
Ms. Judy C. KingGwinnett Circuit, Post 22014
Hon. Robert V. RodatusGwinnett Circuit, Post 32013
Mr. Gerald Davidson, Jr.Gwinnett Circuit, Post 42014
Mr. Carl A. Veline, Jr.Houston Circuit2014
Mr. Archibald A. Farrar, Jr.Lookout Mountain Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. Douglas Ray WoodruffLookout Mountain Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. Lawrence Alan StaggLookout Mountain Circuit, Post 32014
Mr. John Flanders KennedyMacon Circuit, Post 12013
Mr. Thomas W. HermanMacon Circuit, Post 22014
Mr. John Christopher ClarkMacon Circuit, Post 32013
Ms. Kathleen M. WomackMember-at-Large, Post 12013
Mr. Derek Jerome WhiteMember-at-Large, Post 22013
Mr. Jeffery O'Neal MonroeMember-at-Large, Post 32014
Mr. John Kendall GrossMiddle Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. John Alexander Fitzner, IIIMiddle Circuit, Post 22013
Hon. James T. IrvinMountain Circuit2013
Mr. Mark William AlexanderNortheastern Circuit, Post 12014
Ms. Nicki Noel VaughanNortheastern Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. Walter James Gordon, Sr.Northern Circuit, Post 12013
Mr. R. Chris PhelpsNorthern Circuit, Post 22014
Mr. Green Berry Moore, IIIOcmulgee Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. Wilson B. Mitcham, Jr.Ocmulgee Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. Christopher Donald HuskinsOcmulgee Circuit, Post 32014
Mr. Ashley Wedrell McLaughlinOconee Circuit, Post 12014
Ms. Stephanie Diane BurtonOconee Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. Daniel Brent SnipesOgeechee Circuit, Post 12014
Ms. Susan Warren CoxOgeechee Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. Joaquin Eugene MartinezOut-of-State, Post 12013
Mr. Ralph John CacciaOut-of-State, Post 22014
Mr. William Harry MillsPataula Circuit2013
Mr. Martin Enrique ValbuenaPaulding Circuit2014
Mr. James Bradley SmithPiedmont Circuit2013
Mr. William Gilmore GainerRockdale Circuit2014
Mr. Paul T. Carroll, IIIRome Circuit, Post 12013
Mr. J. Anderson DavisRome Circuit, Post 22014
Mr. Lawton Chad Heard, Jr.South Georgia Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. Joshua Clark BellSouth Georgia Circuit, Post 22013
Hon. James E. HardySouthern Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. Brian Allen McDanielSouthern Circuit, Post 22013
Mr. Gregory Tyson TalleySouthern Circuit, Post 32014
Hon. R. Rucker SmithSouthwestern Circuit2013
Ms. Katherine K. WoodStone Mountain Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. William Dixon JamesStone Mountain Circuit, Post 22013
Hon. J. Antonio DelCampoStone Mountain Circuit, Post 32014
Mr. Robert D. James, Jr.Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 42013
Ms. Amy Viera HowellStone Mountain Circuit, Post 52014
Ms. Claudia Susan SaariStone Mountain Circuit, Post 62013
Mr. John G. HaubenreichStone Mountain Circuit, Post 72014
Ms. R. Javoyne Hicks WhiteStone Mountain Circuit, Post 82013
Ms. Sherry BostonStone Mountain Circuit, Post 92014
Ms. Andrea Dionne McGeeStone Mountain Circuit, Post 102013
Mr. Michael Douglas McRaeTallapoosa Circuit, Post 12013
Mr. Brad Joseph McFallTallapoosa Circuit, Post 22014
Hon. Render Max Heard, Jr.Tifton Circuit2014
Mr. Dennis C. SandersToombs Circuit2013
Mr. Curtis Stephen JenkinsTowaliga Circuit2013
Mr. Douglass Kirk FarrarWaycross Circuit, Post 12014
Mr. C. Deen StricklandWaycross Circuit, Post 22013
Hon. Lawton E. StephensWestern Circuit, Post 12013
Mr. Edward Donald TolleyWestern Circuit, Post 22014