Bar Communities

Bench and Bar

This standing committee shall identify and facilitate solutions to issues of mutual interest between State judges and Georgia lawyers for the benefit of the bench, the bar and the public. It also oversees the annual Justice Thomas O. Marshall Professionalism Award that honors one lawyer and one judge who have demonstrated the highest professional conduct and paramount reputation for professionalism.

Committee Members

Name Position Term Expires
Mr. David B. Bell Cochairperson 2026
Hon. Charles Michael Johnson Cochairperson 2026
Hon. Geronda Vertasha Carter Co-Vice Chairperson 2026
Mr. Norbert Daniel Hummel, IV Co-Vice Chairperson 2026
Hon. Sonja Natasha Brown Judges 2026
Ms. Tracie Hobbs Cason Judges 2026
Ms. Margaret Claire Chason Judges 2026
Hon. Robert W. Chasteen, Jr. Judges 2026
Judge Kimberly A. Childs Judges 2026
Sr. Judge James E. Cornwell, Jr. Judges 2026
Mr. Joseph West Dent Judges 2026
Mr. Charles Munro Eaton, Jr. Judges 2026
Hon. Kellie Stevens Hill Judges 2026
Hon. Jeffrey Howard Kight Judges 2026
Hon. Robert Dale Leonard, II Judges 2026
Mr. Jason Daniel Marbutt Judges 2026
Hon. Brian Allen McDaniel Judges 2026
Mr. John Christopher NeSmith Judges 2026
Mr. Samir J. Patel Judges 2026
Ms. Amanda S. Petty Judges 2026
Hon. A. Gregory Poole Judges 2026
Mr. Ralph Waldo Powell, Jr. Judges 2026
Hon. Emily Kathleen Richardson Judges 2026
Hon. William James Sizemore, Jr. Judges 2026
Judge Catherine M. Smith Judges 2026
Hon. R. Rucker Smith Judges 2026
Ms. Jennifer Alewine Lawyers 2026
Mr. Eric Alvin Ballinger Lawyers 2026
Mr. Kenneth Everett Barton, III Lawyers 2026
Ms. Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer Lawyers 2027
Ms. Tomieka Ra'Shone Daniel Lawyers 2026
Mr. Ronald Edward Daniels Lawyers 2026
Ms. Elizabeth Louise Fite Lawyers 2027
Mr. Matthew Kenneth Gettinger Lawyers 2026
Mrs. Amanda Michelle Grantham Lawyers 2026
Ms. Rebecca Holmes Liles Grist Lawyers 2026
Mr. Curtis Stephen Jenkins Lawyers 2026
Mr. Lester B. Johnson, III Lawyers 2026
Mrs. Katie Kiihnl Leonard Lawyers 2027
Hon. Dax Eric Lopez Lawyers 2028
Mr. Rosser Adam Malone Lawyers 2026
Ms. Kirby G. Mason Lawyers 2026
Mr. Maziar Mazloom Lawyers 2026
Mrs. Samantha Marie Mullis Lawyers 2026
Mrs. Megan Marie Murren Rittle Lawyers 2026
Mr. David Norton Nelson Lawyers 2026
Ms. Tracy Ann O'Connell Lawyers 2026
Ms. Rebeca Maria Ojeda Lawyers 2026
Ms. Lisa R. Reeves Lawyers 2026
Mr. Christopher Paul Twyman Lawyers 2026
Mr. Carl Robert Varnedoe Lawyers 2028
Ms. Margaret Gettle Washburn Lawyers 2026
Ms. Natalie S. Woodward Lawyers 2028
Mr. Benjamin Lee Wright, Jr. Lawyers 2026
Ms. Cynthia Hinrichs Clanton Advisor 2026
Mr. Joe Baden Liaison 2026
Ms. Annahita Natasha Macdonald Liaison 2026
Mr. Bob Nadekow Liaison 2026
Hon. Shawn Ellen LaGrua Supreme Court of Georgia 2026
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden Court of Appeals of Georgia 2026
Hon. Robert W. Guy, Jr. Council of Superior Court Judges 2026
Hon. Gregory V. Sapp Council of State Court Judges 2026
Ms. Michelle G. Harrison Council of Juvenile Court Judges 2026
Hon. Scott C. Chastain Council of Probate Court Judges 2026
Hon. Nathan Grantham Council of Magistrate Court Judges 2026
Mr. Robert Adam Cowan Council of Municipal Court Judges 2026
Hon. William Grady Hamrick, III State-wide Business Court Judge 2026
Mr. Damon Erik Elmore Staff Liaison 2026
Ms. Jennifer Walker McNeely Staff Liaison 2026
Mr. Russell David Willard Staff Liaison 2026