State Bar of Georgia
Bar Rules
search
State Bar of Georgia
Member Directory
Advanced Search next slide

Atlanta Attorneys, Judges Elected to Board of Governors of State Bar of Georgia 

June 27, 2019
Contact: Sarah I. Coole or sarahc@gabar.org

Orlando, Florida – The following attorneys and judges were elected, re-elected or appointed to represent the Atlanta Judicial Circuit (Fulton County) on the Board of Governors of the 50,000-member State Bar of Georgia and were installed June 8 during the organization’s Annual Meeting:

  • Nicole C. Leet of Gray Rust S. Amand Moffett & Brieske LLP (Post 1)
  • Lisa K. Liang, Fulton County State Court staff attorney (Post 3)
  • Catherine Koura (Post 5)
  • William M. Ragland Jr. of Womble Bond Dickinson LLP (Post 7)
  • Fulton County Solicitor General Keith E. Gammage (Post 9)
  • 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Jill Pryor (Post 11)
  • R. Gary Spencer of R. Gary Spencer P.C. (Post 13)
  • Letitia A. McDonald of King & Spalding LLP (Post 15)
  • Atlanta Municipal Court Judge JaDawnya C. Baker (Post 17)
  • State Sen. Zahra S. Karinshak of Krevolin & Horst LLC (Post 19)
  • Patricia A. Gorham of Eversheds Sutherland LLP (Post 21) 
  • Donna G. Barwick of Wilmington Trust (Post 23)
  • Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer of Garland Samuel & Loeb P.C. (Post 25)
  • Standing Chapter 13 Trustee Nancy J. Whaley (Post 27)
  • Tina Shadix Roddenbery of Boyd Collar Nolen Tuggle & Roddenbery LLC (Post 29)
  • Shiriki Cavitt Jones of Equifax Inc. (Post 30)
  • Seth D. Kirschenbaum of Davis Zipperman Kirschenbaum & Lotito LLP (Post 32)
  • Allegra J. Lawrence of Lawrence & Bundy LLC (Post 34)
  • J. Marcus “Marc” E. Howard of Pope & Howard P.C. (Post 36)
  • Harold E. Franklin Jr. of King & Spalding LLP (Post 37, appointed by Immediate Past President Kennth B. Hodges III)
  • Anita Wallace Thomas of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP (Post 39)

Additionally, Ira L. Foster of the Georgia Legal Services Program in Atlanta was appointed by President-Elect Dawn M. Jones to serve in the Member-At-Large, Post 1 seat on the board.

The Board of Governors is the 160-member policymaking authority of the State Bar, with representation from each of Georgia’s judicial circuits. The board holds regular meetings at least four times per year.