Listed below are the members of the State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors whose terms will expire in June 2025. 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 election packet. The deadline for receipt of nominating petitions for non-incumbents is Feb. 14, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
Circuit/Post | Incumbent | Non-Incumbent Petition Received |
Alapaha, Post 1 | Daniel Jackson Connell III, Adel | |
Alcovy, Post 1 | Michael G. Geoffroy, Covington | Eric C. Crawford, Monroe |
Appalachian | Kevin William Roper, Jasper | |
Atlanta, Post 1 | Nicole Christine Leet, Atlanta |
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Atlanta, Post 3 | Lisa Katsuko Liang, Atlanta |
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Atlanta, Post 5 | Catherine Koura, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 7 | William M. Ragland Jr., Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 9 | Keith Elliott Gammage, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 11 | Jill Pryor, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 13 | R. Gary Spencer, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 15 | Letitia A. McDonald, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 17 | JaDawnya Cintelle Baker, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 19 | Zahra S. Karinshak, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 21 | Patricia Anne Gorham, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 23 | Donna G. Barwick, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 25 | Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 27 | Nancy Jean Whaley, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 29 | Tina Shadix Roddenbery, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 30 | Shiriki Cavitt Jones, Atlanta | Chelsea Freeman Dease, Union City David McGinnis Kay, Atlanta Leigh Ann Webster, Atlanta |
Atlanta, Post 32 | Susan Patricia Coppedge, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 34 | Allegra J. Lawrence, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 36 | Graham Elliott McDonald, Atlanta | Adam Marshall Hames, Atlanta Robert Charles McBurney, Atlanta Scott Ives Zucker, Atlanta |
Atlanta, Post 39 | Anita Wallace Thomas, Atlanta | |
Atlantic, Post 2 | Hugh J. McCullough, Glennville | |
Augusta, Post 1 | Amanda Nichole Heath, Augusta | |
Augusta, Post 3 | John C. Bell Jr., Augusta | |
Blue Ridge, Post 2 | Eric Alvin Ballinger, Canton | |
Brunswick, Post 1 | Stephen Elliott Tillman, Baxley | |
Chattahoochee, Post 2 | Brandon Lee Peak, Columbus | |
Chattahoochee, Post 4 | Donna Stanaland Hix, Columbus | Neal Joseph Callahan, Columbus |
Cherokee, Post 2 | Howard Mark Delashmit, Cartersville | |
Clayton, Post 1 | Kathryn Lauranne Powers, Jonesboro | |
Clayton, Post 3 | Martin L. Cowen III, Jonesboro | |
Cobb, Post 2 | Ronald Arthur Lowry, Marietta | Carlos Javier Rodriguez, Marietta |
Cobb, Post 4 | Patrick H. Head, Marietta | |
Cobb, Post 6 | Laura Joan Murphree, Marietta | Jennifer Snyder Adams, Marietta |
Columbia | Danny L. Durham, Evans | Alex Matthew Brown, Augusta Samantha Marie Mullis, Augusta |
Conasauga, Post 2 | Robert Harris Smalley III, Dalton | |
Cordele | John Craig Cotton, Cordele | |
DeKalb, Post 2 | Otobong Ukpong “Oto” Ekpo, Decatur | |
DeKalb, Post 4 | Donna Coleman Stribling, Decatur | |
DeKalb, Post 6 | Claudia Susan Saari, Avondale Estates | |
DeKalb, Post 8 | Tedra L. Cannella, Decatur | |
DeKalb, Post 10 | Dax Eric Lopez, Atlanta | |
Dougherty, Post 2 | Thomas V. Duck III, Albany | |
Dublin | Joseph Carl Sumner Jr., Dublin | |
Eastern, Post 2 | Lester B. Johnson III, Savannah | |
Eastern, Post 4 | John Bell Manly, Savannah | |
Flint, Post 1 | Amanda Renee Flora, McDonough | |
Griffin, Post 2 | Rhonda Bender Kreuziger, Fayetteville |
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Gwinnett, Post 1 | David S. Lipscomb, Lawrenceville | |
Gwinnett, Post 3 | Wesley Charles “Chuck” Ross, Norcross | |
Lookout Mountain, Post 2 | Douglas Ray Woodruff, Ringgold | |
Macon, Post 1 | John Flanders Kennedy, Macon | |
Macon, Post 3 | Rebecca Holmes Liles Grist, Macon | |
Middle, Post 2 | Jerry Neal Cadle, Swainsboro | |
Mountain | James T. Irvin, Toccoa | |
Northeastern, Post 2 | Roger Brent Hatcher Jr., Gainesville | |
Northern, Post 1 | Kimberly Wilkerson Higginbotham, Hartwell | |
Ocmulgee, Post 2 | Ashley Mackin Brodie, Gray | |
Oconee, Post 2 | Stephanie Diane Burton, Hawkinsville | |
Ogeechee, Post 2 | Troy Windel Marsh Jr., Statesboro | |
Out-of-State, Post 1 | Stacey McSwine Cameron, New York, New York | |
Pataula | Edward R. Collier, Dawson | William Murray Shingler Jr., Donalsonville |
Piedmont | Barry E. King, Hoschton | |
Rome, Post 1 | Christopher Ross Jackson, Rome | |
South Georgia, Post 2 | Tabitha Edwina Payne, Whigham |
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Southern, Post 2 | Kathryn Drew Parrish Bennett, Valdosta | |
Southwestern | R. Rucker Smith, Americus | |
Tallapoosa, Post 1 | Michael Douglas McRae, Cedartown | |
Toombs | Thomas Brittan Hammond, Warrenton | |
Towaliga | Jonathan Lang Adams, Forsyth | |
Waycross, Post 2 | Vernon L. Chambless, Waycross | |
West Georgia | Jason W. Swindle Sr., Carrollton | |
Western, Post 1 | Lawton E. Stephens, Athens |