Justice Michael Boggs has been a Supreme Court of Georgia justice since 2016, following his appointment by Gov. Nathan Deal. He was a judge on the Court of Appeals of Georgia from 2012 through 2016, and a Superior Court Judge for the Waycross Judicial Circuit, having been elected to an open seat in 2004. He is a 1985 graduate of Georgia Southern College and a 1990 law graduate of the Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law in Macon. He was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1990.
Leaders of Georgia’s state court system on Wednesday told lawmakers they’re trying to pass out federal money as fast as they can to help courts catch up with pandemic-related backlogs, while the leader of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says it’s a challenge to station a medical examiner in Macon at any price.
Supreme Court Presiding Justice Michael P. Boggs told budget writers that a committee of court officials has already awarded $24.8 million of the $96 million in federal aid via the American Rescue Plan Act to reimburse money that courts spend on temporary employees and otherwise increasing the capacity for courts to handle cases.
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