Judicial Building, Supreme Court of Georgia. (Photo: Catherine Lovett)101 Are Nominated for State Appeals Court Opening
Hovering over this decision is the state judicial election set for May 19, 2020.
October 14, 2019 at 06:20 PM
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Gov. Brian Kemp's Judicial Nominating Commission released the names of 101 judges and lawyers who have been nominated to fill an opening on the Court of Appeals of Georgia created by the August death of Judge Stephen Goss.
The list of potential candidates includes at least 26 judges.
This is Kemp's first appellate court opening since he became governor in January. Gov. Nathan Deal's JNC, when faced with large numbers of candidates, often chose a smaller number to interview and recommended a shortlist from those candidates.
Hovering over this decision is the state judicial election set for May 19, 2020. An opinion of the state Attorney General states that a new judge must face the first election that is more than six months after his or her appointment. So Kemp's appointment would have to run in May if tapped before Nov. 19 and in 2022 if chosen after that date.
Nominees have until Oct. 25 to complete the JNC's application. Typically some nominees don't fill out the papers.
The JNC sent the following names of nominees. The Daily Report added who is a sitting judge.
- Gary M. Alembik
- Thomas P. Allen III
- Kent E. Altom
- Charles E. Auslander, judge, Athens-Clarke County State Court
- Neera A. Bahl
- Kimberly Bandoh
- William Wright Banks
- Elizabeth Butler Baum
- Tabitha P. Beckford
- Nancy Nash Bills, judge, Rockdale County State Court
- Tonya C. Boga
- Samuel L. Brannen Jr.
- Christopher S. Brasher, judge, Fulton County Superior Court
- Pamela S. Braswell
- Eric A. Brewton, judge, Cobb County State Court
- Jimmie H. Brown, judge, Sumter County Superior Court
- Dean C. Bucci, judge, Paulding County Superior Court
- Brandon A. Bullard
- Carolyn C. Burch
- David L. Cannon Jr., judge, Blue Ridge Circuit Superior Court
- Stacey A. Carroll
- Warren C. Caswell, judge, Northern Judicial Circuit Juvenile Court
- Jonathan K. Chason, judge, South Georgia Superior Court
- Crystal L. Conway-Johnson
- Catrina Celeste Creswell
- Bernadette C. Crucilla
- John C. Daniel III
- John W. Daniel
- Ronald E. Daniels
- Kimberly Bourroughs Debrow
- Jason E. Downey
- Karl J. Duff
- Leonid M. Felgin
- Andrew S. Fleischman
- Thomas Mills Fleming
- Clayton M. Fuller
- Laverne Lewis Gaskins
- Raymond E. George, judge, Enotah Circuit Superior Court
- Norman S. Gunter, judge, Enotah Circuit Superior Court
- John Scott Helton
- Dustin W. Hightower, judge, Coweta Circuit Superior Court
- Julia Adams Jacobs
- Deepak Jeyaram
- Joseph S. Key
- Catherine Koura
- Jeffrey P. Kwiatkowski
- Lee Kynes
- Shawn Ellen LaGrua, judge, Fulton County Superior Court
- Benjamin A. Land, judge, Chattahoochee Circuit Superior Court
- Luke A. Lantta
- Nicole C. Leet
- Martin A. Levinson
- Meng Lim, judge, Tallapoosa Circuit Superior Court
- Peter C. Lomtevas
- Katherine K. Lumsden, judge, Houston Circuit Superior Court
- Jaquelyn F. Luther
- Jeffery S. Malcom, judge, Northern Circuit Superior Court
- William Clay Massey
- Esther S. McDonald
- Ellen McElyea, judge, Blue Ridge Circuit Superior Court
- Randy McGinley
- Ashleigh B. Merchant
- Kristin L. Miller
- John R. Monroe
- Kevin G. Morris
- Peter D. Muller
- Ashley Baker Osby, judge, Magistrate Court of Fulton County
- Brian M. Pearce
- R. Chris Phelps, judge, Northern Circuit Superior Court
- Steven E. Phillips
- John T. Pipkin, judge, Henry County Superior Court
- Regina M. Quick
- Naveen Ramachandrappa
- Bryan C. Ramos
- Bert Reeves
- Randolph G. Rich, judge, Gwinnett County Superior Court
- Bradford L. Rigby
- Austin D. Roberson
- Joann Brown Sharp
- Kenneth L. Shigley
- E. Kendrick Smith
- Jenise S. Smith
- Roger Wright Smith Jr.
- Lawton E. Stephens, judge, Western Circuit Superior Court
- Jeffrey Stump
- Janieen R. Tarrance
- Edward J. Tarver
- Mack Taylor
- James G. Tunison, judge, Southern Circuit Superior Court
- Sheila Tyler
- Bryan Tyson
- Jefferson F. Upchurch
- Chandler Vreeland
- Stuart E. Walker
- Thomas L. Walker
- Edward Wasmuth
- Lauren A. Watson, judge, Northern Judicial Circuit
- Holle Weiss-Friedman
- Christopher F. West
- Paige R. Whitaker, judge, Fulton County Superior Court
- Stephanie D. Woodard.
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