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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 2025
Hon. Charles Michael Johnson Cochairperson 2025
Mr. Norbert Daniel Hummel, IV Co-Vice Chairperson 2025
Hon. Geronda Vertasha Carter Co-Vice Chairperson 2025
Hon. Ellen McElyea Judges 2025
Hon. Donald Scott Smith Judges 2025
Hon. Russell William Smith Judges 2025
Ms. Alice Elizabeth Benton Judges 2025
Ms. Amanda S. Petty Judges 2025
Hon. B. Chan Caudell Judges 2025
Hon. William Dyke Reinhardt, II Judges 2025
Hon. Brian Allen McDaniel Judges 2025
Hon. Robert W. Chasteen, Jr. Judges 2025
Judge Catherine M. Smith Judges 2025
Hon. James E. Hardy Judges 2025
Hon. Eric Wayne Norris Judges 2025
Ms. Erica Leigh Tisinger Judges 2025
Hon. A. Gregory Poole Judges 2025
Mr. Jason Daniel Marbutt Judges 2025
Mr. Carter Jephson Bendinger Judges 2025
Mr. Joseph West Dent Judges 2025
Hon. John E. Morse, Jr. Judges 2025
Hon. Jeffrey Howard Kight Judges 2025
Hon. John T. Simpson Judges 2025
Sr. Judge James E. Cornwell, Jr. Judges 2025
Hon. Lawton E. Stephens Judges 2025
Hon. R. Rucker Smith Judges 2025
Ms. Julie Adams Jacobs Judges 2025
Hon. Kellie Stevens Hill Judges 2025
Judge Kimberly A. Childs Judges 2025
Hon. LaTisha Dear Jackson Judges 2025
Hon. Melanie B. Cross Judges 2025
Hon. Maureen C. Gottfried Judges 2025
Hon. Paige Reese Whitaker Judges 2025
Mr. Samir J. Patel Judges 2025
Hon. Robert Dale Leonard, II Judges 2025
Mr. Scott Franklin McAfee Judges 2025
Hon. Sheryl B. Jolly Judges 2025
Hon. Sonja Natasha Brown Judges 2025
Ms. Margaret Claire Chason Judges 2025
Ms. Tracie Hobbs Cason Judges 2025
Hon. Angela Z. Brown, Angela Judges 2025
Mr. Carl Robert Varnedoe Lawyers 2025
Ms. Natalie S. Woodward Lawyers 2025
Hon. Dax Eric Lopez Lawyers 2025
Mr. Rosser Adams Malone Lawyers 2025
Mrs. Amanda Michelle Grantham Lawyers 2025
Mr. David Norton Nelson Lawyers 2025
Mr. Eric Alvin Ballinger Lawyers 2025
Mr. Curtis Stephen Jenkins Lawyers 2025
Mr. Ivy Neal Cadle Lawyers 2025
Ms. Jennifer Alewine Lawyers 2025
Mr. Kenneth Everett Barton, III Lawyers 2025
Ms. Kirby G. Mason Lawyers 2025
Mr. Lester B. Johnson, III Lawyers 2025
Ms. Lisa R. Reeves Lawyers 2025
Ms. Margaret Gettle Washburn Lawyers 2025
Mr. Maziar Mazloom Lawyers 2025
Mr. Matthew Kenneth Gettinger Lawyers 2025
Mrs. Megan Marie Murren Rittle Lawyers 2025
Ms. Rebeca Maria Ojeda Lawyers 2025
Mr. Ronald Edward Daniels Lawyers 2025
Mrs. Samantha Marie Mullis Lawyers 2025
Ms. Tomieka Ra'Shone Daniel Lawyers 2025
Ms. Tracy Ann O'Connell Lawyers 2025
Mr. Benjamin Lee Wright, Jr. Lawyers 2026
Mr. Christopher Paul Twyman Lawyers 2026
Ms. Rebecca Holmes Liles Grist Lawyers 2026
Ms. Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer Lawyers 2027
Ms. Elizabeth Louise Fite Lawyers 2027
Mrs. Katie Kiihnl Leonard Lawyers 2027
Ms. Cynthia Hinrichs Clanton Advisor 2025
Mr. Bob Nadekow Liaison 2025
Mr. Joe Baden Liaison 2025
Ms. Annahita Natasha Macdonald Liaison 2025
Hon. Nels Stefan David Peterson Supreme Court of Georgia 2025
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden Court of Appeals of Georgia 2025
Hon. Ann Bethune Harris Council of Superior Court Judges 2025
Hon. Jeffrey Brooks Hanson Council of State Court Judges 2025
Hon. Thomas Neal Brunt Council of Juvenile Court Judges 2025
Mr. Christopher Allen Ballar Council of Probate Court Judges 2025
Hon. Robert David Wolf Council of Magistrate Court Judges 2025
Mr. David C. Will Council of Municipal Court Judges 2025
Mr. Damon Erik Elmore Staff Liaison 2025