Listed below are the members of the State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors whose terms will expire in June 2026. 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. 13, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.
Circuit/Post | Incumbent | Non-Incumbent Petition Received |
Alapaha, Post 2 | Clayton Alan Tomlinson, Nashville |
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Alcovy, Post 2 | Anne Templeton LaMalva, Monroe |
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Atlanta, Post 2 | Miguel Angel Dominguez, Atlanta |
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Atlanta, Post 4 | Jeffrey Ray Kuester, Atlanta |
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Atlanta, Post 6 | Tracee Ready Benzo, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 8 | Paige Reese Whitaker, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 10 | Edward Alexander Piasta, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 12 | Joyce Gist Lewis, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 14 | Edward B. Krugman, Atlanta |
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Atlanta, Post 16 | James Daniel Blitch IV, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 18 | Rachel R. Krause, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 20 | Lindsey Stephens Macon, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 22 | Kevin Charles Patrick, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 24 | Joseph Anthony Roseborough, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 26 | Edward T. “Eddie” McAfee, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 28 | J. Henry Walker IV, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 31 | Robert David Wolf, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 33 | Susan Eichler Edlein, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 35 | N. John Bey, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 37 | Harold Eugene Franklin Jr., Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 38 | Gillian Brooke Fierer, Atlanta | |
Atlanta, Post 40 | Shukura L. Ingram, Atlanta | |
Atlantic, Post 1 | H. Craig Stafford, Hinesville | |
Augusta, Post 2 | Katrell Nash, Augusta | |
Augusta, Post 4 | John Ryd Bush “Jack” Long, Augusta | |
Bell-Forsyth | Philip C. Smith, Cumming | |
Blue Ridge, Post 1 | David Lee Cannon Jr., Canton | |
Brunswick, Post 2 | Martha Wilson Williams, Woodbine | |
Chattahoochee, Post 1 | Amy Carol Walters, Columbus | |
Chattahoochee, Post 3 | Alex Musole Shalishali, Columbus |
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Cherokee, Post 1 | Philip Zachary Pritchard, Cartersville | |
Clayton, Post 2 | Charity Reneatha Bridgewater, Jonesboro | |
Cobb, Post 1 | Katie Kiihnl Leonard, Marietta | |
Cobb, Post 3 | Kimberly A. Childs, Marietta | |
Cobb, Post 5 | Dawn Renee Levine, Marietta | Alan Jeffrey Levine, Marietta |
Cobb, Post 7 | Norbert Daniel “Bert” Hummel IV, Kennesaw |
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Conasauga, Post 1 | Terry Leighton Miller, Dalton | |
Coweta | Nina Markette Baker, LaGrange | |
DeKalb, Post 1 | Stacey K. Hydrick, Decatur | |
DeKalb, Post 3 | Shondeana Crews Morris, Decatur | |
DeKalb, Post 5 | Keith E. Adams, Decatur | |
DeKalb, Post 7 | John G. Haubenreich, Dunwoody | |
DeKalb, Post 9 | Sherry Boston, Decatur | |
Dougherty, Post 1 | Joseph West Dent, Albany | |
Douglas | Elizabeth Dalia Racine, Douglasville | |
Eastern, Post 1 | Paul Wain Painter III, Savannah | |
Eastern, Post 3 | Maria Christene Mekras Justus, Savannah | |
Enotah | Joy Renea Parks, Dahlonega | |
Flint, Post 2 | Andrew Jackson Welch III, McDonough | |
Griffin, Post 1 | Janice Marie Wallace, Griffin |
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Gwinnett, Post 2 | Judy C. King, Lawrenceville | |
Gwinnett, Post 4 | Gerald Davidson Jr., Lawrenceville | |
Houston | Ryan Welton English, Perry | |
Lookout Mountain, Post 1 | Archibald A. Farrar Jr., Summerville |
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Lookout Mountain, Post 3 | Thomas Frederick Lindsay, Rossville | |
Macon, Post 2 | Thomas W. Herman, Macon | |
Middle, Post 1 | Mitchell McKinley Shook, Vidalia | |
Northeastern, Post 1 | Mark William Alexander, Gainesville | |
Northern, Post 2 | Richard Dale Campbell, Elberton | |
Ocmulgee, Post 1 | Carl Santos Cansino, Milledgeville |
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Ocmulgee, Post 3 | Stephen Russell Morris, Madison | |
Oconee, Post 1 | Charles Michael Johnson, Eastman | |
Ogeechee, Post 1 | Daniel Brent Snipes, Statesboro | |
Out-of-State, Post 2 | William J. Monahan, Washington, D.C. | |
Paulding | Martin Enrique Valbuena, Dallas | |
Rockdale | Thua G. Barlay, Conyers | |
Rome, Post 2 | J. Anderson “Andy” Davis, Rome | Lee Barrett Carter, Rome |
South Georgia, Post 1 | Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, Bainbridge |
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Southern, Post 1 | Paul William Hamilton, Valdosta | |
Southern, Post 3 | H. Burke Sherwood, Valdosta | |
Tallapoosa, Post 2 | Brad Joseph McFall, Cedartown | |
Tifton | Render Max Heard Jr., Tifton | |
Waycross, Post 1 | Matthew Jackson Hennesy, Douglas | |
Western, Post 2 | Edward Donald Tolley, Athens |