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2023 State Bar of Georgia Election Information

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

 

Alcovy Circuit, Post 1

Michael G. Geoffroy, Covington

 

Appalachian Circuit

Will H. Pickett Jr., Jasper
(incumbent not running)

Kevin William Roper, Jasper

Atlanta Circuit, Post 1

Nicole Christine Leet, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 3

Lisa Katsuko Liang, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 5

Catherine Koura, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 7

William M. Ragland Jr., Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 9

Keith Elliott Gammage, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 11

Jill Pryor, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 13

R. Gary Spencer, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 15

Letitia A. McDonald, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 17

JaDawnya Cintelle Baker, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 19

Zahra S. Karinshak, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 21

Patricia Anne Gorham, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 23

Donna G. Barwick, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 25

Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 27

Nancy Jean Whaley, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 29

Tina Shadix Roddenbery, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 30

Shiriki Cavitt Jones, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 32

Seth David Kirschenbaum, Atlanta
(incumbent not running)

Susan Patricia Coppedge, Atlanta
William Wallace “Will” Fagan III, Atlanta
Erin H. Gerstenzang, Atlanta
Rotsen Dara “Chinny” Law, Atlanta
Gillian Fierer O'Nan, Atlanta
Kevin Charles Patrick, Atlanta

Atlanta Circuit, Post 34

Allegra J. Lawrence, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 36

Graham Elliott McDonald, Atlanta

 

Atlanta Circuit, Post 39

Anita Wallace Thomas, Atlanta

 

Atlantic Circuit, Post 2

Hugh J. McCullough, Glennville

 

Augusta Circuit, Post 1

Amanda Nichole Heath, Augusta

 

Augusta Circuit, Post 3

Thomas Reuben Burnside III, Augusta
(incumbent not running)

John C. Bell Jr., Augusta
Matthew James Duncan, Augusta

Blue Ridge Circuit, Post 2

Eric Alvin Ballinger, Canton

 

Brunswick Circuit, Post 1

Stephen Elliott Tillman, Baxley

 

Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 2

Brandon Lee Peak, Columbus

 

Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 4

Donna Stanaland Hix, Columbus

Christopher Ryan Breault, Columbus

Cherokee Circuit, Post 2

John Thomas Mroczko, Cartersville
(incumbent not running)

Howard Mark Delashmit, Cartersville
Jesse Lee Vaughn, Calhoun

Clayton Circuit, Post 1

Kathryn Lauranne Powers, Jonesboro

 

Clayton Circuit, Post 3

Martin L. Cowen III, Jonesboro

 

Cobb Circuit, Post 2

Ronald Arthur Lowry, Marietta

 

Cobb Circuit, Post 4

Patrick H. Head, Marietta

 

Cobb Circuit, Post 6

Laura Joan Murphree, Marietta

 

Columbia Circuit

Danny L. Durham, Evans

 

Conasauga Circuit, Post 2

Robert Harris Smalley III, Dalton

 

Cordele Circuit

James W. Hurt, Cordele
(incumbent not running)

John Craig Cotton, Cordele

Coweta Circuit, Post 2

Jason W. Swindle Sr., Carrollton

 

Dougherty Circuit, Post 2

George P. Donaldson III, Albany

 

Dublin Circuit

Joseph Carl Sumner Jr., Dublin

 

Eastern Circuit, Post 2

Lester B. Johnson III, Savannah

 

Eastern Circuit, Post 4

John Bell Manly, Savannah

 

Flint Circuit, Post 1

Amanda Renee Flora, McDonough

 

Griffin Circuit, Post 2

Christopher Charles Edwards, Griffin
(Incumbent not running)

Rhonda Bender Kreuziger, Fayetteville

Gwinnett Circuit, Post 1

David S. Lipscomb, Lawrenceville

 

Gwinnett Circuit, Post 3

Wesley Charles "Chuck" Ross, Lawrenceville

 

Lookout Mountain Circuit, Post 2

Douglas Ray Woodruff, Ringgold

 

Macon Circuit, Post 1

John Flanders Kennedy, Macon

 

Macon Circuit, Post 3

Rebecca Holmes Liles Grist, Macon

 

Middle Circuit, Post 2

Jerry Neal Cadle, Swainsboro

 

Mountain Circuit

James T. Irvin, Toccoa

 

Northeastern Circuit, Post 2

Nicki Noel Vaughan, Gainesville
(incumbent not running)

Roger Brent Hatcher Jr., Gainesville
Zachary Earl Tumlin, Dawsonville

Northern Circuit, Post 1

Kimberly Wilkerson Higginbotham, Hartwell

 

Ocmulgee Circuit, Post 2

Ashley Mackin Brodie, Gray

 

Oconee Circuit, Post 2

Stephanie Diane Burton, Hawkinsville

 

Ogeechee Circuit, Post 2

Vera Sharon "Sharri" Edenfield, Statesboro

Troy Windel Marsh Jr., Statesboro
Jennifer Campbell Mock, Statesboro

Out-of-State, Post 1

Scott R. McMillen, Winter Park, Florida
(incumbent not running)

Philip Augustine, Lake Mary, Florida
Stacey McSwine Cameron, New York, New York

Pataula Circuit

Edward R. Collier, Dawson

 

Piedmont Circuit

Barry E. King, Hoschton

 

Rome Circuit, Post 1

Christopher Ross Jackson, Rome

 

South Georgia Circuit, Post 2

Tabitha Edwina Payne, Whigham

 

Southern Circuit, Post 2

Robert Allen Plumb Jr., Valdosta
(incumbent not running)

Nicola M. "Nick" Bajalia, Valdosta
Kathryn Drew Parrish Bennett, Valdosta

Southwestern Circuit

R. Rucker Smith, Americus

 

Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 2

William Dixon James, Decatur
(incumbent not running)

Otobong Ukpong "Oto" Ekpo, Decatur
Tyshawn Yvonne Jackson, Decatur

Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 4

Donna Coleman Stribling, Decatur

 

Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 6

Claudia Susan Saari, Decatur

 

Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 8

R. Javoyne Hicks, Stone Mountain

 

Stone Mountain Circuit, Post 10

Dax Eric Lopez, Atlanta

 

Tallapoosa Circuit, Post 1

Michael Douglas McRae, Cedartown

 

Toombs Circuit

Thomas Brittan Hammond, Warrenton

 

Towaliga Circuit

Curtis Stephen Jenkins, Forsyth

Jonathan Lang Adams, Forsyth

Waycross Circuit, Post 2

C. Deen Strickland, Waycross
(incumbent not running)

Vernon L. Chambless, Waycross

Western Circuit, Post 1

Lawton E. Stephens, Athens