Listed below are the members of the State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors whose terms will expire in June 2023. 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 Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, at 11:59 p.m.
Circuit/Post |
Incumbent |
Non-incumbent petition received |
Alapaha Circuit, Post 1 |
Daniel Jackson Connell III, Adel |
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Alcovy Circuit, Post 1 |
Michael G. Geoffroy, Covington |
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Appalachian Circuit |
Will H. Pickett Jr., Jasper |
Kevin William Roper, Jasper |
Atlanta Circuit, Post 1 |
Nicole Christine Leet, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 3 |
Lisa Katsuko Liang, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 5 |
Catherine Koura, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 7 |
William M. Ragland Jr., Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 9 |
Keith Elliott Gammage, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 11 |
Jill Pryor, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 13 |
R. Gary Spencer, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 15 |
Letitia A. McDonald, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 17 |
JaDawnya Cintelle Baker, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 19 |
Zahra S. Karinshak, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 21 |
Patricia Anne Gorham, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 23 |
Donna G. Barwick, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 25 |
Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 27 |
Nancy Jean Whaley, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 29 |
Tina Shadix Roddenbery, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 30 |
Shiriki Cavitt Jones, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 32 |
Seth David Kirschenbaum, Atlanta |
Susan Patricia Coppedge, Atlanta |
Atlanta Circuit, Post 34 |
Allegra J. Lawrence, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 36 |
Graham Elliott McDonald, Atlanta |
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Atlanta Circuit, Post 39 |
Anita Wallace Thomas, Atlanta |
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Atlantic Circuit, Post 2 |
Hugh J. McCullough, Glennville |
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Augusta Circuit, Post 1 |
Amanda Nichole Heath, Augusta |
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Augusta Circuit, Post 3 |
Thomas Reuben Burnside III, Augusta |
John C. Bell Jr., Augusta |
Blue Ridge Circuit, Post 2 |
Eric Alvin Ballinger, Canton |
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Brunswick Circuit, Post 1 |
Stephen Elliott Tillman, Baxley |
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Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 2 |
Brandon Lee Peak, Columbus |
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Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 4 |
Donna Stanaland Hix, Columbus |
Christopher Ryan Breault, Columbus |
Cherokee Circuit, Post 2 |
John Thomas Mroczko, Cartersville |
Howard Mark Delashmit, Cartersville |
Clayton Circuit, Post 1 |
Kathryn Lauranne Powers, Jonesboro |
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Clayton Circuit, Post 3 |
Martin L. Cowen III, Jonesboro |
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Cobb Circuit, Post 2 |
Ronald Arthur Lowry, Marietta |
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Cobb Circuit, Post 4 |
Patrick H. Head, Marietta |
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Cobb Circuit, Post 6 |
Laura Joan Murphree, Marietta |
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Columbia Circuit |
Danny L. Durham, Evans |
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Conasauga Circuit, Post 2 |
Robert Harris Smalley III, Dalton |
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Cordele Circuit |
James W. Hurt, Cordele |
John Craig Cotton, Cordele |
Coweta Circuit, Post 2 |
Jason W. Swindle Sr., Carrollton |
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Dougherty Circuit, Post 2 |
George P. Donaldson III, Albany |
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Dublin Circuit |
Joseph Carl Sumner Jr., Dublin |
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Eastern Circuit, Post 2 |
Lester B. Johnson III, Savannah |
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Eastern Circuit, Post 4 |
John Bell Manly, Savannah |
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Flint Circuit, Post 1 |
Amanda Renee Flora, McDonough |
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Griffin Circuit, Post 2 |
Christopher Charles Edwards, Griffin |
Rhonda Bender Kreuziger, Fayetteville |
Gwinnett Circuit, Post 1 |
David S. Lipscomb, Lawrenceville |
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Gwinnett Circuit, Post 3 |
Wesley Charles "Chuck" Ross, Lawrenceville |
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Lookout Mountain Circuit, Post 2 |
Douglas Ray Woodruff, Ringgold |
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Macon Circuit, Post 1 |
John Flanders Kennedy, Macon |
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Macon Circuit, Post 3 |
Rebecca Holmes Liles Grist, Macon |
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Middle Circuit, Post 2 |
Jerry Neal Cadle, Swainsboro |
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Mountain Circuit |
James T. Irvin, Toccoa |
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Northeastern Circuit, Post 2 |
Nicki Noel Vaughan, Gainesville |
Roger Brent Hatcher Jr., Gainesville |
Northern Circuit, Post 1 |
Kimberly Wilkerson Higginbotham, Hartwell |
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Ocmulgee Circuit, Post 2 |
Ashley Mackin Brodie, Gray |
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Oconee Circuit, Post 2 |
Stephanie Diane Burton, Hawkinsville |
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Ogeechee Circuit, Post 2 |
Vera Sharon "Sharri" Edenfield, Statesboro |
Troy Windel Marsh Jr., Statesboro |
Out-of-State, Post 1 |
Scott R. McMillen, Winter Park, Florida |
Philip Augustine, Lake Mary, Florida |
Pataula Circuit |
Edward R. Collier, Dawson |
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Piedmont Circuit |
Barry E. King, Hoschton |
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Rome Circuit, Post 1 |
Christopher Ross Jackson, Rome |
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South Georgia Circuit, Post 2 |
Tabitha Edwina Payne, Whigham |
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Southern Circuit, Post 2 |
Robert Allen Plumb Jr., Valdosta |
Nicola M. "Nick" Bajalia, Valdosta |
Southwestern Circuit |
R. Rucker Smith, Americus |
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Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 2 |
William Dixon James, Decatur |
Otobong Ukpong "Oto" Ekpo, Decatur |
Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 4 |
Donna Coleman Stribling, Decatur |
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Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 6 |
Claudia Susan Saari, Decatur |
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Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 8 |
R. Javoyne Hicks, Stone Mountain |
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Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 10 |
Dax Eric Lopez, Atlanta |
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Tallapoosa Circuit, Post 1 |
Michael Douglas McRae, Cedartown |
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Toombs Circuit |
Thomas Brittan Hammond, Warrenton |
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Towaliga Circuit |
Curtis Stephen Jenkins, Forsyth |
Jonathan Lang Adams, Forsyth |
Waycross Circuit, Post 2 |
C. Deen Strickland, Waycross |
Vernon L. Chambless, Waycross |
Western Circuit, Post 1 |
Lawton E. Stephens, Athens |