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2025 Election Candidate Information

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
(incumbent not running)

Eric C. Crawford, Monroe

Appalachian

Kevin William Roper, Jasper

 

Atlanta, Post 1

Nicole Christine Leet, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 3

Lisa Katsuko Liang, Atlanta

 

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
(incumbent running for SBG Secretary)

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
(incumbent not running)

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
(incumbent not running)

Neal Joseph Callahan, Columbus

Cherokee, Post 2

Howard Mark Delashmit, Cartersville

 

Clayton, Post 1

Kathryn Lauranne Powers, Jonesboro
(incumbent not running)

 

Clayton, Post 3

Martin L. Cowen III, Jonesboro

 

Cobb, Post 2

Ronald Arthur Lowry, Marietta
(incumbent not running)

Carlos Javier Rodriguez, Marietta

Cobb, Post 4

Patrick H. Head, Marietta

 

Cobb, Post 6

Laura Joan Murphree, Marietta
(incumbent not running)

Jennifer Snyder Adams, Marietta

Columbia

Danny L. Durham, Evans
(incumbent not running)

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

 

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
(incumbent not running)

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

 

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
(incumbent not running)

 

West Georgia

Jason W. Swindle Sr., Carrollton
(incumbent not running)

 

Western, Post 1

Lawton E. Stephens, Athens