Samuel D. Ozburn
Alcovy Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge
Nominated by State Sen. John Douglas, R-Social Circle (February 12)
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Garland R. Hunt
State Board of Pardons and Paroles Member
Nominated by political consultant Tim Echols (December 26)
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Benjamin W. Studdard III
Henry County State Court Chief Judge
Nominated by Mercer Law Professors Jack L. Sammons (December 19) and Joseph E. Claxton (January 12)
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Patrick H. Head
Cobb County District Attorney
Nominated by former DeKalb County District Attorney J. Tom Morgan (April 16)
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C. Wilson DuBose
Georgia Public Defender Standards Council Chairman
Nominated by himself (April 29) and Atlanta lawyer Terrence L. Croft of King & Croft (May 27)
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Thomas D. Harper
Atlanta insurance defense lawyer at Harper, Walden & Craig
Nominated by Athens lawyer Craig C. Avery (May 22)
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Craig L. Schwall Sr.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge
Nominated by Troutman Sanders partner Mark H. Cohen (May 22)
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William M. Ray II
Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge
Nominated by Augusta lawyer David P. Dekle (May 22)
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J. David McDade
Douglas County District Attorney
Nominated by Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit District Attorney Garry T. Moss (May 26)
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James P. Kelly III
Atlanta solo practitioner
Nominated by Atlanta lawyer Harry W. MacDougald of Caldwell & Watson (May 26)
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Stephen B. Farrow
State Transportation Board Member
Nominated James H. Bisson III, a colleague at the North Georgia firm of Minor, Bell & Neal (May 27)
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Mary E. Staley
Cobb County Superior Court Judge
Nominated by herself (May 28)
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Peggy H. Walker
Douglas County Juvenile Court Judge
Nominated herself (May 9)
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Cynthia J. Becker
DeKalb County Superior Court Judge
Nominated by Robert F. Dallas, director of Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (May 28)
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M. Yvette Miller
Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Georgia
Nominated by Benjamin A. Davis Jr. (May 28)
Declined the nomination.
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David E. Nahmias
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia
Nominated by David J. Burge (May 28), Frank C. Jones (May 29), Jeffrey S. Cashdan (May 29), Larry D. Thompson (June 1)
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Zena E. McClain
Savannah attorney
Nominated herself (May 29)
Declined the nomination.
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Kenneth L. Shigley
Chambers, Aholt & Rickard
Nominated by George M. Weaver (May 29)
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Bruce M. Edenfield
Dahlonega attorney
Nominated by Robert E. Hicks of McKenna Long & Aldridge (June 1)
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James R. Osborne
Paulding County Superior Court Judge
Nominated by W. Thomas Cable of Talley, Richardson & Cable (June 1)
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Michael P. Boggs
Waycross Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge
Nominated himself (June 1)
Declined the nomination.
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Stephen Louis A. Dillard
James, Bates, Pope & Spivey
Nominated by state Sen. Cecil Staton (June 1)
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Jeannette L. Little
Troup County State Court Judge
Nominated by state Rep. Randy Nix (June 1)
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John K. Larkins Jr.
Partner, Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever
Nominated by John K. Larkins III (June 1)
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Barry A. Fleming
Partner, Fulcher Hagler
Nominated by Brian Epps of Kilpatrick Stockton (June 1)
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Richard S. “Rick” Thompson
Partner, Drew Eckl & Farnham
Nominated by Drew Eckl partner John G. Blackmon Jr. (June 1)
Declined the nomination
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David Ralston
Attorney and State Representative, R-Blue Ridge
Nominated by State Rep. Doug Collins (June 2)
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William G. Hamrick III
State Senator, R-Carrollton
Nominated by state Sen. Ross Tolleson, R-Perry (May 28)
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Joshua C. Bell
Bainbridge lawyer
Nominated by Damon E. Elmore, vice president at NAPA Rayloc (June 2)
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J. Robert Persons
Atlanta civil defense lawyer at Smith Moore Leatherwood
Nominated by Atlanta lawyers W. Seaborn Jones, C. David Butler and Paul M. Talmadge Jr. (June 2)
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Dawn H. Taylor
Gwinnett County Assistant District Attorney
Nominated by Stuart E. Walker of Martin Snow in Macon (June 3)
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Christopher J. McFadden
Decatur appellate lawyer
Nominated by Atlanta lawyer Guy E. Davis Jr. (June 3)
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Steven K. Leibel
Dahlonega personal injury lawyer
Nominated by Atlanta lawyer Leon Pomerance (June 3)
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Christopher C. Edwards
Griffin Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge
Nominated by Griffin Superior Court Chief Judge Paschal A. English; Griffin Superior Court Judges Johnnie L. Caldwell Jr. and Tommy R. Hankinson; Griffin District Attorney Scott Ballard; Griffin Public Defender Joseph J. Saia; Fayette County State Court Judge W. Fletcher Sams; State Sen. Ronnie Chance, R-Tyrone; State Reps. David Knight, R-Griffin, Virgil Fludd, D-Tyrone, Matthew L. Ramsey, R-Peachtree City, John Yates, R-Griffin, and Billy Maddox, R-Cairo; Fayette County Solicitor Jamie Inagawa, Spalding County Solicitor Griffin E. Howell III, Fayette County Attorney Scott Bennett; Spalding County Attorney James R. Fortune Jr.; Pike County Attorney Robert Lamar Morton; Upson County Attorney Truitt A. Mallory; Meansville City Attorney Thomas H. Morton; Fayette County Commission Chairman Jack Smith; Spalding County Commission Chairman Edward Goss; Pike County Commission Chairman Doug Mangham; Upson County Commission Chairman Maurice A. Raines; Fayette County Sheriff Wayne Hannah; Spalding County Sheriff Dee Stewart; Pike County Sheriff Jimmy Thomas; Upson County Sheriff Don Peacock; and Georgia Regional Transportation Authority Board Member Alton W. Knight (May 28)
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Michael J. Bowers
Partner at Balch & Bingham in Atlanta
Nominated by Atlanta lawyer Henry A. Hibbert (June 3)
Declined nomination
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S. Phillip Brown
Macon Circuit Superior Court Judge
Nominated by retired teacher Frankie Brule (June 3)
Declined the nomination.
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Elizabeth P. Archer
State Inspector General
Nominated by Michelle M. Rothenberg-Williams, partner at Balch & Bingham in Atlanta (June 3)
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Rocco E. Testani
Litigation partner at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan in Atlanta
Nominated by Charles T. Lester Jr., of counsel at Sutherland (June 3)
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Cheryl F. Custer
Executive Director of the Judicial Qualifications Commission
Nominated by Frank Love Jr. of Bryan Cave Powell Goldstein (June 3)
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George P. Shingler
Shareholder at Casey Gilson in Atlanta
Nominated by his law partner, Joyce Gist Lewis (June 4)
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Marc A. Mallon
Assistant District Attorney in Fulton County
Nominated by Atlanta attorney S. Fenn Little Jr. (June 4)
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Laurens C. Lee
Byron City Judge and Peach County Magistrate
Nominated by his brother, Louis B. Lee (June 4)
Declined the nomination.
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David F. Guldenschuh
Attorney in Rome
Nominated by Michelle S. Tyree, paralegal at Guldenschuh & Associates (June 4)
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Anne Proffitt Dupre
Law professor at the University of Georgia
Nominated by Kellie Casey Monk, director of advocacy at the University of Georgia School of Law (June 4)
Declined the nomination.
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Alvin L. Bridges Jr.
Managing attorney for automobile insurer in Atlanta
Nominated himself (June 4)
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Lynn M. Akeley-Alderman
Enotah Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge
Nominated by Josh Turner, chairman of the White County Republican Party (June 4)
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Erica L. Woodford
Bibb County Associate Judge and Magistrate
Nominated by Macon lawyer Stephanie Woods Miller (June 4)
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Dana J. Norman
Assistant District Attorney in Cobb County
Nominated by Atlanta lawyer Michael P. Davis of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin (June 3)
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