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2013 Board of Governors Candidate Listing

Listed below are the members of the State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors whose terms will expire in June 2013. The highlighted circuits/posts listed below are positions for which no petition was received by the published deadline from the incumbent or the race is contested. If you are interested in running for any of the posts listed below, please download the pdf version of the election packet.

Circuit/Post

Incumbent

Non-incumbent petition received as of March 31, 2013

Alapaha Circuit, Post 1

Carson Dane Perkins Sr., Nashville

 

Alcovy Circuit, Post 1

Steven A. Hathorn, Covington

 

Appalachian Circuit

Will Hays Pickett Jr., Jasper

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 1

Diane E. Bessen, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 3

Whitney D. Mauk, Atlanta

Kathleen Womack, Atlanta

Atlanta Circuit, Post 5

Catherine Koura, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 7

William M. Ragland Jr., Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 9

Damon E. Elmore, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 11

Jill Pryor, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 13

Emily S. Bair, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 15

Letitia A. McDonald, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 17

Rita A. Sheffey, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 19

Elizabeth L. Fite, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 21

Patricia A. Gorham, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 23

Donna G. Barwick, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 25

Phyllis J. Holmen, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 27

Nancy J. Whaley, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 29

Tina Shadix Roddenbery, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 30

Karlise Yvette Grier, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 32

Seth Kirschenbaum, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 34

Allegra J. Lawrence, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 36

Marc Howard, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 39

Anita Wallace Thomas, Atlanta

 

Atlantic Circuit, Post 2

Carl Robert Varnedoe, Hinesville

 

Augusta Circuit, Post 1

Edward J. Coleman III, Augusta


 

Augusta Circuit, Post 3

Thomas R. Burnside III, Augusta

 

Blue Ridge Circuit, Post 2

Eric A. Ballinger, Canton

 

Brunswick Circuit, Post 1

J. Alvin Leaphart, Jesup

 

Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 2

William C. Rumer, Columbus

 

Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 4

Donna S. Hix, Columbus


 

Cherokee Circuit, Post 2

T. Neal Brunt, Cartersville

 

Clayton Circuit, Post 1

H. Emily George
(incumbent not running)

Fred A. Zimmerman, Jonesboro

Clayton Circuit, Post 3

Martin L. Cowen III, Jonesboro

 

Cobb Circuit, Post 2

Ronald Arthur Lowry, Marietta

 

Cobb Circuit, Post 4

Patrick H. Head, Marietta

 

Cobb Circuit, Post 6

J. Kevin Moore, Marietta
(incumbent not running)

C. Lee Davis, Marietta

Kim Keheley Frye, Marietta

Laura J. Murphree, Marietta

Chandler Bridges, Marietta

John “Jack” B. Lyle, Marietta

Cindi L. Yeager, Marietta 

Conasauga Circuit, Post 2

Robert H. Smalley III, Dalton


 

Cordele Circuit

James W. Hurt Sr., Cordele

 

Coweta Circuit, Post 2

Sandra Wisenbaker, Newnan


 

Dougherty Circuit, Post 2

Gordon Robert Zeese, Albany
(incumbent not running)

Thomas V. Duck III, Albany

Dublin Circuit

Edward Burton Claxton III, Dublin
(incumbent not running)

Matthew B. Crowder, Dublin

Joseph C. Sumner Jr., Dublin

Brandon Faircloth, Dublin

Eastern Circuit, Post 2

Lester B. Johnson III, Savannah

 

Eastern Circuit, Post 4

Harvey Weitz, Savannah

 

Flint Circuit, Post 1

Gregory A. Futch, McDonough

 

Griffin Circuit, Post 2

Roy B. Huff Jr., Peachtree City

 

Gwinnett Circuit, Post 1

David S. Lipscomb, Lawrenceville

 

Gwinnett Circuit, Post 3

Robert V. Rodatus, Lawrenceville

 

Lookout Mountain Circuit, Post 2

Doug Woodruff, Ringgold


 

Macon Circuit, Post 1

John Flanders Kennedy, Macon

Amanda M. Morris, Macon

Macon Circuit, Post 3

Chris Clark, Macon

 

Middle Circuit, Post 2

Tripp Fitzner, Swainsboro


 

Mountain Circuit

James T. Irvin, Toccoa

 

Northeastern Circuit, Post 2

Nicki Noel Vaughan, Gainesville

 

Northern Circuit, Post 1

Walter James Gordon Sr., Hartwell


 

Ocmulgee Circuit, Post 2

Wilson B. Mitcham Jr., Gray

 

Oconee Circuit, Post 2

Stephanie D. Burton, Eastman


 

Ogeechee Circuit, Post 2

Susan W. Cox, Statesboro

 

Out-of-State, Post 1

Joaquin "Quino" E. Martinez, Orlando

Jeb T. Branham, Jacksonville Beach, FL

Pataula Circuit

William Harry Mills, Blakely
(incumbent not running)

Ed Collier, Dawson

Piedmont Circuit

J. Bradley Smith, Jefferson
(incumbent failed to qualify by deadline)


Rome Circuit, Post 1

Paul T. Carroll III, Rome

 

South Georgia Circuit, Post 2

Joshua C. Bell, Whigham

 

Southern Circuit, Post 2

Brian Allen McDaniel, Moultrie

 

Southwestern Circuit

R. Rucker Smith, Americus

 

Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 2

William Dixon James, Decatur


 

Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 4

Robert James, Decatur

 

Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 6

Claudia S. Saari, Decatur

 

Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 8

R. Javoyne Hicks White, Stone Mountain

 

Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 10

Andrea Dionne McGee, Decatur

 

Tallapoosa Circuit, Post 1

Michael D. McRae, Cedartown

 

Toombs Circuit

Dennis C. Sanders, Thomson

 

Towaliga Circuit

Curtis Stephen Jenkins, Forsyth


 

Waycross Circuit, Post 2

C. Deen Strickland, Waycross

 

Western Circuit, Post 1

Lawton E. Stephens, Athens