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As Gov. Brian Kemp weighs his first pick to the state's appellate courts, consider the information he has about the six finalists recommended last month by his Judicial Nominating Commission.

Each candidate had to complete an extensive application, and below are links to the forms from each one, as provided by the JNC. They include resumes, summaries of their current practices or duties (Question 12), summaries of significant litigated matters they handled (Question 13f), experience in court the past five years (Question 14); appellate experience (Question 15); and their view of how clerks should serve appeals court judges (Question 20). The applications also include legal writing samples at the end of each application.

The Daily Report has covered the candidates' birthdates, home addresses, home and cellphone numbers and names of family members.

Click on the candidate's name to see their application:

• Tabitha Ponder Beckford, a staff attorney for the state Judicial Council's standing Access to Justice Committee, who is also an election candidate for the Court of Appeals seat currently held by Presiding Judge Sara Doyle.
• Fulton County Superior Court Judge Christopher S. Brasher
• Carolyn "Tippi" Cain Burch, an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Georgia
• Chattahoochee Circuit Superior Court Judge Benjamin A. Land
• Flint Circuit Superior Court Judge  John A. "Trea" Pipkin III
• Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker.