56 Remain in Appeals Court Hunt; Winner Likely Won't Face May Election
JNC interviews are set for Nov. 18.
October 28, 2019 at 05:46 PM
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Judicial Building, Supreme Court of Georgia. (Photo: Catherine Lovett)
Gov. Brian Kemp's Judicial Nominating Commission on Tuesday released the names of 56 judges and lawyers who completed application forms to be considered for an opening on the Court of Appeals of Georgia created by the August death of Judge Stephen Goss.
Vincent Russo, a JNC co-chairman, said the panel would select some of the candidates for interviews set for Nov. 18. A recommended shortlist of nominees would then be forwarded to the governor for his first appellate court appointment since taking office in January.
Presuming the governor does not make his decision almost immediately after the JNC interviews, the appointee to the appeals court will not have to face the May 19, 2020, election. 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 likely will face the voters in 2022. giving her or him more than two years to establish a base of support and a record on the court.
There are already two contested races for the appellate courts, a four-candidate race for the Supreme Court seat being vacated by Justice Robert Benham when he retires and a six-candidate contest for the Court of Appeals seat being vacated by Presiding Judge Sara Doyle (who is running for Benham's seat).
The JNC sent the following names of nominees who have completed their applications for the vacancy created by Goss' death. The Daily Report added who is a sitting judge.
- Thomas P. Allen III
- Neera A. Bahl
- 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
- Jimmie H. Brown, judge, Sumter County Superior Court
- Brandon A. Bullard
- Carolyn C. Burch
- David L. Cannon Jr., judge, Blue Ridge Circuit Superior Court
- Jonathan K. Chason, judge, South Georgia Superior Court
- Crystal L. Conway-Johnson
- John W. Daniel
- Ronald E. Daniels
- Kimberly Bourroughs Debrow
- Jason E. Downey
- Leonid M. Felgin
- Thomas Mills Fleming
- Laverne Lewis Gaskins
- Dustin W. Hightower, judge, Coweta Circuit Superior Court
- Julia Adams Jacobs
- Deepak Jeyaram
- Catherine Koura
- Lee Kynes
- 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
- John R. Monroe
- Kevin G. Morris
- Peter D. Muller
- Ashley Baker Osby, judge, Magistrate Court of Fulton County
- Brian M. Pearce
- John T. Pipkin, judge, Henry County Superior Court
- Naveen Ramachandrappa
- Bryan C. Ramos
- Randolph G. Rich, judge, Gwinnett County Superior Court
- Bradford L. Rigby
- E. Kendrick Smith
- Jenise S. Smith
- Lawton E. Stephens, judge, Western Circuit Superior Court
- Jeffrey Stump
- Janieen R. Tarrance
- Mack Taylor
- James G. Tunison, judge, Southern Circuit Superior Court
- Edward Wasmuth
- Holle Weiss-Friedman
- Paige R. Whitaker, judge, Fulton County Superior Court
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