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
Ms. Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer Cochairperson 2027
Hon. Charles Michael Johnson Cochairperson 2027
Hon. Geronda Vertasha Carter Co-Vice Chairperson 2027
Mr. Norbert Daniel Hummel, IV Co-Vice Chairperson 2027
Ms. Alice Elizabeth Benton Judges 2027
Hon. Sonja Natasha Brown Judges 2027
Hon. Angela Z. Brown Judges 2027
Mr. Tyler Jennings Browning Judges 2027
Ms. Tracie Hobbs Cason Judges 2027
Ms. Margaret Claire Chason Judges 2027
Hon. Robert W. Chasteen, Jr. Judges 2027
Hon. Kimberly A. Childs Judges 2027
Sr. Judge James E. Cornwell, Jr. Judges 2027
Hon. Joseph West Dent Judges 2027
Mr. Eric Kernard Dunaway Judges 2027
Mr. Charles Munro Eaton, Jr. Judges 2027
Hon. Kellie Stevens Hill Judges 2027
Hon. Jeffrey Howard Kight Judges 2027
Hon. Robert Dale Leonard, II Judges 2027
Ms. Jane P. Manning Judges 2027
Mr. Jason Daniel Marbutt Judges 2027
Mr. John Christopher NeSmith Judges 2027
Mr. Samir J. Patel Judges 2027
Ms. Amanda S. Petty Judges 2027
Hon. A. Gregory Poole Judges 2027
Mr. Ralph Waldo Powell, Jr. Judges 2027
Hon. Emily Kathleen Richardson Judges 2027
Hon. John T. Simpson Judges 2027
Hon. William James Sizemore, Jr. Judges 2027
Judge Catherine M. Smith Judges 2027
Hon. R. Rucker Smith Judges 2027
Hon. Lawton E. Stephens Judges 2027
Ms. Bette Lauren Wallace Judges 2027
Ms. Jennifer Alewine Lawyers 2027
Mr. Eric Alvin Ballinger Lawyers 2027
Mr. Kenneth Everett Barton, III Lawyers 2027
Ms. Tomieka Ra'Shone Daniel Lawyers 2027
Mr. Ronald Edward Daniels Lawyers 2029
Ms. Elizabeth Louise Fite Lawyers 2027
Mr. Matthew Kenneth Gettinger Lawyers 2027
Mrs. Amanda Michelle Grantham Lawyers 2027
Ms. Rebecca Holmes Liles Grist Lawyers 2029
Mr. Curtis Stephen Jenkins Lawyers 2027
Mr. Lester B. Johnson, III Lawyers 2027
Ms. Nicole Christine Leet Lawyers 2027
Mrs. Katie Kiihnl Leonard Lawyers 2027
Hon. Dax Eric Lopez Lawyers 2028
Mr. Rosser Adam Malone Lawyers 2027
Ms. Kirby G. Mason Lawyers 2027
Mr. Maziar Mazloom Lawyers 2027
Mrs. Samantha Marie Mullis Lawyers 2029
Mrs. Megan Marie Murren Rittle Lawyers 2027
Mr. David Norton Nelson Lawyers 2027
Ms. Tracy Ann O'Connell Lawyers 2027
Ms. Rebeca Maria Ojeda Lawyers 2027
Ms. Lisa R. Reeves Lawyers 2027
Mr. Christopher Paul Twyman Lawyers 2027
Mr. Carl Robert Varnedoe Lawyers 2028
Ms. Margaret Gettle Washburn Lawyers 2027
Ms. Natalie S. Woodward Lawyers 2028
Mr. Benjamin Lee Wright, Jr. Lawyers 2027
Ms. Cynthia Hinrichs Clanton Advisor 2027
Mr. Joe Baden Liaison 2027
Ms. Annahita Natasha Macdonald Liaison 2027
Mr. Bob Nadekow Liaison 2027
Hon. Shawn Ellen LaGrua Supreme Court of Georgia 2027
Hon. Trenton Brown Court of Appeals of Georgia 2027
Hon. Dustin Wayne Hightower Council of Superior Court Judges 2027
Hon. Susan Eichler Edlein Council of State Court Judges 2027
Mr. McCracken Poston Council of Juvenile Court Judges 2027
Hon. Patricia Walters Laine Council of Probate Court Judges 2027
Mr. Brendon Shawn Rhodes Council of Magistrate Court Judges 2027
Mr. Norman H. Cuadra Council of Municipal Court Judges 2027
Hon. William Grady Hamrick, III State-wide Business Court Judge 2027
Mr. Damon Erik Elmore Staff Liaison 2027
Ms. Jennifer Walker McNeely Staff Liaison 2027
Mr. Russell David Willard Staff Liaison 2027