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Judge Began active service Ended active service Term as chief justice Eugenius Aristides Nisbet: 1845: 1853: Joseph Henry Lumpkin: 1845: 1867: 1863–1867 Hiram B. Warner
The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia. The court was established in 1845 as a three-member panel, increased in number to six, then to seven in 1945, and finally to nine in 2017. [ 1 ] Since 1896, the justices have been elected by the people of the state. The justices are currently elected in ...
Georgia Juvenile Courts [8] Georgia Probate Courts [9] Georgia Municipal Courts [10] The highest judiciary power in Georgia is the Supreme Court, which is composed of nine justices. [11] The state also has a Court of Appeals made of 15 judges. [11] Georgia is divided into 49 judicial circuits, each of which has a Superior Court consisting of ...
To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.
Courts of Georgia include: State courts of Georgia. Supreme Court of Georgia [1] Georgia Court of Appeals [2] Georgia Superior Courts (49 judicial circuits) [3] Georgia State-wide Business Court [4] Georgia State Courts [5] Georgia Magistrate Courts [6] Georgia Juvenile Courts [7]
Sarah Hawkins Warren [1] (born c. 1981 or 1982) [2] is an American lawyer and judge serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia since 2018. She was appointed by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal on August 22, 2018, to fill the vacancy created when Britt Grant was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. [3]
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justiceand, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
Robert Benham (born September 25, 1946 [1]) is a retired American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of Georgia for over 30 years, retiring in March 2020.He was the second African-American graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the first African-American to serve as the court's chief justice.