Sarah Hawkins Warren Named to Georgia Supreme Court
Warren will fill the vacancy created by the confirmation of Justice Britt Grant to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
August 22, 2018 at 12:28 PM
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Sarah Warren (Photo: John Disney/ALM)
Choosing from a short list of nine finalists, Gov. Nathan Deal has named Solicitor General Sarah Hawkins Warren to the Georgia Supreme Court.
Warren will fill the vacancy created by the confirmation of Justice Britt Grant to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
The appointment will take effect upon swearing in, Deal said.
Chief Justice P. Harris Hines issued a statement in response to the appointment Wednesday.
“On behalf of the Supreme Court of Georgia, I congratulate Sarah Hawkins Warren on her appointment to our Court, and I congratulate Governor Deal for this outstanding selection,” Hines said. “Solicitor General Warren is eminently qualified for the job and will make a superb addition to this state's highest Court.”
Warren has followed in the footsteps of Grant and Georgia Supreme Court Justices Nels Peterson, who both served as solicitor general in the Office of the Attorney General before joining the high court. Like Grant, Warren also worked in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis before moving back home to Atlanta. And like her predecessors, Warren took the reins in the long-running water wars between Georgia and Florida. Georgia prevailed in a trial before a U.S. Supreme Court special master last year, although the high court this year sent the case back for more review.
Warren clerked for two federal judges: now Senior 11th Circuit Judge J.L. Edmondson and Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Warren earned bachelor's degrees, magna cum laude, in public policy and Spanish from Duke University, and a law degree, magna cum laude, from the Duke University School of Law.
Warren's soon-to-be former boss, Attorney General Chris Carr, applauded the governor's choice Wednesday.
“On behalf of the Office of the Attorney General, I want to express our congratulations to Solicitor General Sarah Hawkins Warren for being appointed to serve on the Supreme Court of Georgia,” Carr said in a news release. “Sarah is truly one of the top legal minds in our state and a valued member of the Department of Law team. We have full confidence that Sarah will continue to uphold the rule of law and serve the people of Georgia well in this important role.”
Warren, 36, was the youngest of the nine candidates on the Judicial Nominating Commission's short list.
One issue remained unaddressed in the governor's and chief justices' releases Wednesday: who will fill the vacancy created when Hines retires at the end of the month. Presiding Justice Harold Melton will take over as chief justice next month. But one more high court appointment remains for Deal.
The eight still on the short list are:
- J.P. Boulee, judge, Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit
- William S. Cowsert, founding partner of Cowsert & Heath and member of the Georgia State Senate
- Melanie B. Cross, judge, Tifton Judicial Circuit
- Asha F. Jackson, judge, Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit
- C. LaTain Kell Sr., judge, Cobb Judicial Circuit
- Shawn Ellen LaGrua, judge, Atlanta Judicial Circuit
- Andrew (Andy) J. Welch III, manager, Smith, Welch, Webb & White and member of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Paige Reese Whitaker, judge, Atlanta Judicial Circuit
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