February 23, 2015 News

On Monday, February 23rd, 2015, J. Kelly Brooks was sworn in as a Superior Court Judge by Gov. Nathan Deal.  Brooks is filling a newly created judgeship in the Waycross Judicial Circuit. Before being appointed, Brooks was a partner at Adams and Brooks. He earned his undergraduate degree from Georgia Southern University and his law degree from the University of Georgia.

February 6, 2015 News

On February 6th, 2015, William Travis Sakrison was sworn in as a Superior Court Judge by Governor Nathan Deal. Judge Sakrison will serve in the Coweta Judicial Circuit, filling a newly created judgeship. Sakrison earned his bachelor’s from Georgia State University. He earned his law degree from Oklahoma City University. Sakrison most recently served as the executive director for the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council before being appointed to serve […]

January 30, 2015 News

At its 2015 annual meeting in Athens, the Council of Superior Court Judges awarded the Honorable Lawton E. Stephens the fourth annual Emory Findley Award for “Outstanding Judicial Service.” Judge Stephens is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law. He has served as a Western Judicial Circuit superior court judge for over 23 years. Judge Stephens also served as the president of the Council of Superior Court […]

January 14, 2015 News

On January 14th, 2015, Alison T. Burleson and Brenda H. Trammell were sworn in as Superior Court Judges by Governor Nathan Deal. Judge Burleson will serve in the Ocmulgee Circuit, filling a vacancy created by the late Judge James Cline. Judge Burleson received her B.A. from Agnes T. Scott College and her law degree from Georgia State University College of Law. She previously served as an Assistant District Attorney in the […]

January 8, 2015 News

Dean Bucci was sworn in on January 7th, 2015 by Governor Nathan Deal. Judge Bucci will be serve as a Superior Court Judge in the Paulding Judicial Circuit. He was appointed by Governor Deal to fill the vacant judgeship created by the retiring James Osborne.

December 17, 2014 News

On December 17th, 2014 Thomas Baxley was sworn in as a Superior Court Judge by Governor Nathan Deal. Judge Baxley will serve in the Pataula Judicial Circuit, filling a vacancy created by the resignation of Ronnie Joe Lane.

May 29, 2014 News

On May 27, 2014, Gov. Nathan Deal administered the oath of office to Georgia’s newest Superior Court Judge Randy Rich of Gwinnett County. The vacancy was created by the resignation of Michael C. Clark, who retired to return to private practice. Judge Rich is a lifelong resident of Gwinnett County and a graduate of South Gwinnett High School in Snellville. Hereceived a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and earned […]

May 20, 2014 News

The Logan E. Bleckley Award for Judicial Excellence is conferred each year by the Litigation Section of the Atlanta Bar Association on one of the judges on the courts located in Metropolitan Atlanta in recognition years of public service as a member of the judiciary. The award is named for Logan E. Bleckley, Associate Justice from 1875 to 1879 and Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court from 1887 to 1894. […]

May 7, 2014 News

Superior Court Judge Mary E. Staley, from the Cobb Judicial Circuit, Marietta, became President of the Council of Superior Court Judges on May 1, 2014. Her term of office and those of Council President-Elect Judge Brenda S. Weaver, Appalachian Judicial Circuit, Jasper, and Secretary-Treasurer Judge Horace J. Johnson, Jr., Alcovy Judicial Circuit, Covington, runs from May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015. Judge Staley has served as a Superior Court Judge […]

April 23, 2014 News

Georgia’s two newest Superior Court Judges were sworn in at the State Capitol on April 16, 2014, by Governor Nathan Deal. Judge Suzanne H. Smith of the Cherokee Judicial Circuit replaces Judge Shepherd Howell who recently retired. Judge Smith previously served as a judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Calhoun and Judge Pro Tempore of the Gordon County Juvenile Court. She also served as city attorney for the City […]