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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

Click here for a list of upcoming Board of Governors Meetings and access to meeting minutes and agendas.

Board of Governors Members

Name Position Term Expires
Mr. Christopher Michael Carr Attorney General 2025
Mr. Daniel Jackson Connell, III Alapaha Circuit, Post 1 2025
Hon. Clayton Alan Tomlinson Alapaha Circuit, Post 2 2026
Mr. Michael G. Geoffroy Alcovy Circuit, Post 1 2025
Ms. Anne Templeton LaMalva Alcovy Circuit, Post 2 2026
Mr. Kevin William Roper Appalachian Circuit 2025
Ms. Nicole Christine Leet Atlanta Circuit, Post 1 2025
Mr. Miguel Angel Dominguez Atlanta Circuit, Post 2 2026
Ms. Lisa Katsuko Liang Atlanta Circuit, Post 3 2025
Mr. Jeffrey Ray Kuester Atlanta Circuit, Post 4 2026
Ms. Catherine Koura Atlanta Circuit, Post 5 2025
Ms. Tracee Ready Benzo Atlanta Circuit, Post 6 2026
Mr. William M. Ragland, Jr. Atlanta Circuit, Post 7 2025
Hon. Paige Reese Whitaker Atlanta Circuit, Post 8 2026
Mr. Keith Elliott Gammage Atlanta Circuit, Post 9 2025
Mr. Edward Alexander Piasta Atlanta Circuit, Post 10 2026
Hon. Jill Pryor Atlanta Circuit, Post 11 2025
Ms. Joyce Gist Lewis Atlanta Circuit, Post 12 2026
Mr. R. Gary Spencer Atlanta Circuit, Post 13 2025
Mr. Edward B. Krugman Atlanta Circuit, Post 14 2026
Ms. Letitia A. McDonald Atlanta Circuit, Post 15 2025
Mr. James Daniel Blitch, IV Atlanta Circuit, Post 16 2026
Hon. JaDawnya C. Baker Atlanta Circuit, Post 17 2025
Hon. Rachel Ross Krause Atlanta Circuit, Post 18 2026
Ms. Zahra S. Karinshak Atlanta Circuit, Post 19 2025
Ms. Lindsey Stephens Macon Atlanta Circuit, Post 20 2026
Ms. Patricia Anne Gorham Atlanta Circuit, Post 21 2025
Mr. Kevin Charles Patrick Atlanta Circuit, Post 22 2026
Ms. Donna G. Barwick Atlanta Circuit, Post 23 2025
Mr. Joseph Anthony Roseborough Atlanta Circuit, Post 24 2026
Ms. Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer Atlanta Circuit, Post 25 2025
Mr. Edward T. McAfee Atlanta Circuit, Post 26 2026
Ms. Nancy Jean Whaley Atlanta Circuit, Post 27 2025
Mr. J. Henry Walker, IV Atlanta Circuit, Post 28 2026
Ms. Tina Shadix Roddenbery Atlanta Circuit, Post 29 2025
Ms. Shiriki Cavitt Jones Atlanta Circuit, Post 30 2025
Hon. Robert David Wolf Atlanta Circuit, Post 31 2026
Ms. Susan Patricia Coppedge Atlanta Circuit, Post 32 2025
Hon. Susan Eichler Edlein Atlanta Circuit, Post 33 2026
Ms. Allegra J. Lawrence Atlanta Circuit, Post 34 2025
Mr. N. John Bey Atlanta Circuit, Post 35 2026
Mr. Graham Elliott McDonald Atlanta Circuit, Post 36 2025
Mr. Harold Eugene Franklin, Jr. Atlanta Circuit, Post 37 2026
Ms. Gillian Brooke Fierer Atlanta Circuit, Post 38 2026
Ms. Anita Wallace Thomas Atlanta Circuit, Post 39 2025
Hon. Shukura L. Ingram Atlanta Circuit, Post 40 2026
Mr. H. Craig Stafford Atlantic Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. Hugh J. McCullough Atlantic Circuit, Post 2 2025
Hon. Amanda Nichole Heath Augusta Circuit, Post 1 2025
Ms. Katrell Nash Augusta Circuit, Post 2 2026
Mr. John C. Bell, Jr. Augusta Circuit, Post 3 2025
Mr. John Ryd Bush Long Augusta Circuit, Post 4 2026
Hon. Philip C. Smith Bell Forsyth Circuit 2026
Hon. David Lee Cannon, Jr. Blue Ridge Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. Eric Alvin Ballinger Blue Ridge Circuit, Post 2 2025
Mr. Stephen Elliott Tillman Brunswick Circuit, Post 1 2025
Ms. Martha Wilson Williams Brunswick Circuit, Post 2 2026
Ms. Amy Carol Walters Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. Brandon Lee Peak Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 2 2025
Mr. Alex Musole Shalishali Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 3 2026
Ms. Donna Stanaland Hix Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 4 2025
Mr. Philip Zachary Pritchard Cherokee Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. Howard Mark Delashmit Cherokee Circuit, Post 2 2025
Ms. Kathryn Lauranne Powers Clayton Circuit, Post 1 2025
Ms. Charity Reneatha Bridgewater Clayton Circuit, Post 2 2026
Hon. Martin L. Cowen, III Clayton Circuit, Post 3 2025
Mrs. Katie Kiihnl Leonard Cobb Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. Ronald Arthur Lowry Cobb Circuit, Post 2 2025
Judge Kimberly A. Childs Cobb Circuit, Post 3 2026
Mr. Patrick H. Head Cobb Circuit, Post 4 2025
Ms. Dawn Renee Levine Cobb Circuit, Post 5 2026
Ms. Laura Joan Murphree Cobb Circuit, Post 6 2025
Mr. Norbert Daniel Hummel, IV Cobb Circuit, Post 7 2026
Mr. Danny L. Durham Columbia Circuit 2025
Mr. Terry Leighton Miller Conasauga Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. Robert Harris Smalley, III Conasauga Circuit, Post 2 2025
Mr. John Craig Cotton Cordele Circuit 2025
Hon. Nina Markette Baker Coweta Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. Jason W. Swindle, Sr. Coweta Circuit, Post 2 2025
Mr. Joseph West Dent Dougherty Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. George P. Donaldson, III Dougherty Circuit, Post 2 2025
Ms. Elizabeth Dalia Racine Douglas Circuit 2026
Mr. Joseph Carl Sumner, Jr. Dublin Circuit 2025
Mr. Paul Wain Painter, III Eastern Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. Lester B. Johnson, III Eastern Circuit, Post 2 2025
Ms. Maria Christene Mekras Justus Eastern Circuit, Post 3 2026
Mr. John Bell Manly Eastern Circuit, Post 4 2025
Hon. Joy Renea Parks Enotah Circuit 2026
Mrs. Amanda Renee Flora Flint Circuit, Post 1 2025
Mr. Andrew Jackson Welch, III Flint Circuit, Post 2 2026
Ms. Janice Marie Wallace Griffin Circuit, Post 1 2026
Hon. Rhonda Bender Kreuziger Griffin Circuit, Post 2 2025
Mr. David S. Lipscomb Gwinnett Circuit, Post 1 2025
Ms. Judy C. King Gwinnett Circuit, Post 2 2026
Mr. Wesley Charles Ross Gwinnett Circuit, Post 3 2025
Mr. Gerald Davidson, Jr. Gwinnett Circuit, Post 4 2026
Mr. Ryan Welton English Houston Circuit 2026
Mr. Archibald A. Farrar, Jr. Lookout Mountain Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. Douglas Ray Woodruff Lookout Mountain Circuit, Post 2 2025
Mr. Thomas Fredrick Lindsay Lookout Mountain Circuit, Post 3 2026
Mr. John Flanders Kennedy Macon Circuit, Post 1 2025
Mr. Thomas W. Herman Macon Circuit, Post 2 2026
Ms. Rebecca Holmes Liles Grist Macon Circuit, Post 3 2025
Mr. William Thomas Davis Member-at-Large, Post 1 2025
Ms. Rotsen Dara Diya Law Member-at-Large, Post 2 2025
Mr. Michael Alexander Prieto Member-at-Large, Post 3 2026
Mr. Mitchell McKinley Shook Middle Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. Jerry Neal Cadle Middle Circuit, Post 2 2025
Hon. James T. Irvin Mountain Circuit 2025
Mr. Mark William Alexander Northeastern Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. Roger Brent Hatcher, Jr. Northeastern Circuit, Post 2 2025
Ms. Kimberly Wilkerson Higginbotham Northern Circuit, Post 1 2025
Hon. Richard Dale Campbell Northern Circuit, Post 2 2026
Mr. Carl Santos Cansino Ocmulgee Circuit, Post 1 2026
Ms. Ashley Mackin Brodie Ocmulgee Circuit, Post 2 2025
Mr. Stephen Russell Morris Ocmulgee Circuit, Post 3 2026
Hon. Charles Michael Johnson Oconee Circuit, Post 1 2026
Hon. Stephanie Diane Burton Oconee Circuit, Post 2 2025
Mr. Daniel Brent Snipes Ogeechee Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. Troy Windel Marsh, Jr. Ogeechee Circuit, Post 2 2025
Ms. Stacey McSwine Cameron Out-of-State, Post 1 2025
Mr. William J. Monahan Out-of-State, Post 2 2026
Mr. Martin Enrique Valbuena Paulding Circuit 2026
Mr. Edward R. Collier Pataula Circuit 2025
Mr. Barry E. King Piedmont Circuit 2025
Mr. Thua G. Barlay Rockdale Circuit 2026
Mr. Christopher Ross Jackson Rome Circuit, Post 1 2025
Mr. J. Anderson Davis Rome Circuit, Post 2 2026
Mr. Joseph Kenneth Mulholland South Georgia Circuit, Post 1 2026
Ms. Tabitha Edwina Payne South Georgia Circuit, Post 2 2025
Hon. Paul William Hamilton Southern Circuit, Post 1 2026
Ms. Kathryn Drew Parrish Bennett Southern Circuit, Post 2 2025
Mr. H. Burke Sherwood Southern Circuit, Post 3 2026
Hon. R. Rucker Smith Southwestern Circuit 2025
Hon. Stacey K. Hydrick Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 1 2026
Ms. Otobong Ukpong Ekpo Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 2 2025
Hon. Shondeana Crews Morris Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 3 2026
Ms. Donna Coleman Stribling Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 4 2025
Mr. Keith E. Adams Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 5 2026
Ms. Claudia Susan Saari Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 6 2025
Mr. John G. Haubenreich Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 7 2026
Ms. Tedra L. Cannella Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 8 2025
Ms. Sherry Boston Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 9 2026
Hon. Dax Eric Lopez Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 10 2025
Mr. Michael Douglas McRae Tallapoosa Circuit, Post 1 2025
Mr. Brad Joseph McFall Tallapoosa Circuit, Post 2 2026
Hon. Render Max Heard, Jr. Tifton Circuit 2026
Hon. Thomas Brittan Hammond Toombs Circuit 2025
Mr. Jonathan Lang Adams Towaliga Circuit 2025
Mr. Matthew Jackson Hennesy Waycross Circuit, Post 1 2026
Mr. Vernon L. Chambless Waycross Circuit, Post 2 2025
Hon. Lawton E. Stephens Western Circuit, Post 1 2025
Mr. Edward Donald Tolley Western Circuit, Post 2 2026