Board of Governors
The State Bar of Georgia is governed by a Board of Governors. The Board controls and administers the affairs of the State Bar. Members of the Board of Governors are the voice of the members in the circuit they represent. The Board is comprised of the Attorney General of Georgia, officer members and elected and appointed Board of Governors members. Read More.
Meeting Dates, Minutes and Agendas
Click here for a list of upcoming Board of Governors Meetings and access to meeting minutes and agendas.
Board of Governors Members
| Name | Position | Term Expires |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Daniel Jackson Connell, III | Alapaha Circuit, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Hon. Clayton Alan Tomlinson | Alapaha Circuit, Post 2 | 2026 |
| Mr. Eric C. Crawford | Alcovy Circuit, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Ms. Anne Templeton LaMalva | Alcovy Circuit, Post 2 | 2026 |
| Mr. Kevin William Roper | Appalachian Circuit | 2027 |
| Ms. Nicole Christine Leet | Atlanta Circuit, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Mr. Miguel Angel Dominguez | Atlanta Circuit, Post 2 | 2026 |
| Ms. Lisa Katsuko Liang | Atlanta Circuit, Post 3 | 2027 |
| Mr. Jeffrey Ray Kuester | Atlanta Circuit, Post 4 | 2026 |
| Ms. Catherine Koura | Atlanta Circuit, Post 5 | 2027 |
| Ms. Tracee Ready Benzo | Atlanta Circuit, Post 6 | 2026 |
| Mr. William M. Ragland, Jr. | Atlanta Circuit, Post 7 | 2027 |
| Hon. Paige Reese Whitaker | Atlanta Circuit, Post 8 | 2026 |
| Mr. Keith Elliott Gammage | Atlanta Circuit, Post 9 | 2027 |
| Mr. Edward Alexander Piasta | Atlanta Circuit, Post 10 | 2026 |
| Hon. Jill Pryor | Atlanta Circuit, Post 11 | 2027 |
| Ms. Joyce Gist Lewis | Atlanta Circuit, Post 12 | 2026 |
| Mr. R. Gary Spencer | Atlanta Circuit, Post 13 | 2027 |
| Mr. Edward B. Krugman | Atlanta Circuit, Post 14 | 2026 |
| Ms. Letitia A. McDonald | Atlanta Circuit, Post 15 | 2027 |
| Mr. James Daniel Blitch, IV | Atlanta Circuit, Post 16 | 2026 |
| Hon. JaDawnya C. Baker | Atlanta Circuit, Post 17 | 2027 |
| Hon. Rachel Ross Krause | Atlanta Circuit, Post 18 | 2026 |
| Ms. Zahra S. Karinshak | Atlanta Circuit, Post 19 | 2027 |
| Ms. Lindsey Stephens Macon | Atlanta Circuit, Post 20 | 2026 |
| Ms. Patricia Anne Gorham | Atlanta Circuit, Post 21 | 2027 |
| Mr. Kevin Charles Patrick | Atlanta Circuit, Post 22 | 2026 |
| Ms. Donna G. Barwick | Atlanta Circuit, Post 23 | 2027 |
| Mr. Joseph Anthony Roseborough | Atlanta Circuit, Post 24 | 2026 |
| Ms. Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer | Atlanta Circuit, Post 25 | 2027 |
| Mr. Edward T. McAfee | Atlanta Circuit, Post 26 | 2026 |
| Ms. Nancy Jean Whaley | Atlanta Circuit, Post 27 | 2027 |
| Mr. J. Henry Walker, IV | Atlanta Circuit, Post 28 | 2026 |
| Ms. Tina Shadix Roddenbery | Atlanta Circuit, Post 29 | 2027 |
| Ms. Amanda Kay Seals | Atlanta Circuit, Post 30 | 2027 |
| Hon. Robert David Wolf | Atlanta Circuit, Post 31 | 2026 |
| Ms. Susan Patricia Coppedge | Atlanta Circuit, Post 32 | 2027 |
| Hon. Susan Eichler Edlein | Atlanta Circuit, Post 33 | 2026 |
| Ms. Allegra J. Lawrence | Atlanta Circuit, Post 34 | 2027 |
| Mr. N. John Bey | Atlanta Circuit, Post 35 | 2026 |
| Hon. Robert Charles McBurney | Atlanta Circuit, Post 36 | 2027 |
| Mr. Harold Eugene Franklin, Jr. | Atlanta Circuit, Post 37 | 2026 |
| Ms. Gillian Brooke Fierer | Atlanta Circuit, Post 38 | 2026 |
| Ms. Anita Wallace Thomas | Atlanta Circuit, Post 39 | 2027 |
| Hon. Shukura L. Ingram | Atlanta Circuit, Post 40 | 2026 |
| Mr. H. Craig Stafford | Atlantic Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Mr. Hugh J. McCullough | Atlantic Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Hon. Amanda Nichole Heath | Augusta Circuit, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Ms. Katrell Nash | Augusta Circuit, Post 2 | 2026 |
| Mr. John C. Bell, Jr. | Augusta Circuit, Post 3 | 2027 |
| Mr. John Ryd Bush Long | Augusta Circuit, Post 4 | 2026 |
| Hon. Philip C. Smith | Bell Forsyth Circuit | 2026 |
| Hon. David Lee Cannon, Jr. | Blue Ridge Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Mr. Eric Alvin Ballinger | Blue Ridge Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Mr. Stephen Elliott Tillman | Brunswick Circuit, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Ms. Martha Wilson Williams | Brunswick Circuit, Post 2 | 2026 |
| Ms. Amy Carol Walters | Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Mr. Brandon Lee Peak | Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Mr. Alex Musole Shalishali | Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 3 | 2026 |
| Mr. Neal Joseph Callahan | Chattahoochee Circuit, Post 4 | 2027 |
| Mr. Philip Zachary Pritchard | Cherokee Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Mr. Howard Mark Delashmit | Cherokee Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Ms. Betrice A. Scott | Clayton Circuit, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Ms. Charity Reneatha Bridgewater | Clayton Circuit, Post 2 | 2026 |
| Hon. Martin L. Cowen, III | Clayton Circuit, Post 3 | 2027 |
| Mrs. Katie Kiihnl Leonard | Cobb Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Mr. Carlos Javier Rodriguez | Cobb Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Judge Kimberly A. Childs | Cobb Circuit, Post 3 | 2026 |
| Mr. Patrick H. Head | Cobb Circuit, Post 4 | 2027 |
| Ms. Dawn Renee Levine | Cobb Circuit, Post 5 | 2026 |
| Mr. Adam Joshua Rozen | Cobb Circuit, Post 6 | 2027 |
| Mr. Norbert Daniel Hummel, IV | Cobb Circuit, Post 7 | 2026 |
| Mrs. Samantha Marie Mullis | Columbia Circuit | 2027 |
| Mr. Terry Leighton Miller | Conasauga Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Mr. Robert Harris Smalley, III | Conasauga Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Mr. John Craig Cotton | Cordele Circuit | 2027 |
| Hon. Nina Markette Baker | Coweta Circuit | 2026 |
| Hon. Stacey K. Hydrick | DeKalb Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Ms. Otobong Ukpong Ekpo | DeKalb Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Hon. Shondeana Crews Morris | DeKalb Circuit, Post 3 | 2026 |
| Ms. Donna Coleman Stribling | DeKalb Circuit, Post 4 | 2027 |
| Mr. Keith E. Adams | DeKalb Circuit, Post 5 | 2026 |
| Ms. Claudia Susan Saari | DeKalb Circuit, Post 6 | 2027 |
| Mr. John G. Haubenreich | DeKalb Circuit, Post 7 | 2026 |
| Ms. Tedra L. Cannella | DeKalb Circuit, Post 8 | 2027 |
| Ms. Sherry Boston | DeKalb Circuit, Post 9 | 2026 |
| Hon. Dax Eric Lopez | DeKalb Circuit, Post 10 | 2027 |
| Mr. Joseph West Dent | Dougherty Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Mr. Thomas V. Duck, III | Dougherty Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Ms. Elizabeth Dalia Racine | Douglas Circuit | 2026 |
| Mr. Joseph Carl Sumner, Jr. | Dublin Circuit | 2027 |
| Mr. Paul Wain Painter, III | Eastern Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Mr. Lester B. Johnson, III | Eastern Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Ms. Maria Christene Mekras Justus | Eastern Circuit, Post 3 | 2026 |
| Mr. John Bell Manly | Eastern Circuit, Post 4 | 2027 |
| Hon. Joy Renea Parks | Enotah Circuit | 2026 |
| Mrs. Amanda Renee Flora | Flint Circuit, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Mr. Andrew Jackson Welch, III | Flint Circuit, Post 2 | 2026 |
| Ms. Janice Marie Wallace | Griffin Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Hon. Rhonda Bender Kreuziger | Griffin Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Mr. David S. Lipscomb | Gwinnett Circuit, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Ms. Judy C. King | Gwinnett Circuit, Post 2 | 2026 |
| Mr. Wesley Charles Ross | Gwinnett Circuit, Post 3 | 2027 |
| Mr. Gerald Davidson, Jr. | Gwinnett Circuit, Post 4 | 2026 |
| Mr. Ryan Welton English | Houston Circuit | 2026 |
| Mr. Archibald A. Farrar, Jr. | Lookout Mountain Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Mr. Douglas Ray Woodruff | Lookout Mountain Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Mr. Thomas Fredrick Lindsay | Lookout Mountain Circuit, Post 3 | 2026 |
| Mr. John Flanders Kennedy | Macon Circuit, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Mr. Thomas W. Herman | Macon Circuit, Post 2 | 2026 |
| Ms. Rebecca Holmes Liles Grist | Macon Circuit, Post 3 | 2027 |
| Mr. William Thomas Davis | Member-at-Large, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Ms. Catherine Harris Helms | Member-at-Large, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Mr. Michael Alexander Prieto | Member-at-Large, Post 3 | 2026 |
| Mr. Mitchell McKinley Shook | Middle Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Mr. Jerry Neal Cadle | Middle Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Hon. James T. Irvin | Mountain Circuit | 2027 |
| Mr. Mark William Alexander | Northeastern Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Mr. Roger Brent Hatcher, Jr. | Northeastern Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Ms. Kimberly Wilkerson Higginbotham | Northern Circuit, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Hon. Richard Dale Campbell | Northern Circuit, Post 2 | 2026 |
| Mr. Carl Santos Cansino | Ocmulgee Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Ms. Ashley Mackin Brodie | Ocmulgee Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Mr. Stephen Russell Morris | Ocmulgee Circuit, Post 3 | 2026 |
| Hon. Charles Michael Johnson | Oconee Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Hon. Stephanie Diane Burton | Oconee Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Mr. Daniel Brent Snipes | Ogeechee Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Mr. Troy Windel Marsh, Jr. | Ogeechee Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Ms. Stacey McSwine Cameron | Out-of-State, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Mr. William J. Monahan | Out-of-State, Post 2 | 2026 |
| Mr. Martin Enrique Valbuena | Paulding Circuit | 2026 |
| Mr. William Murray Shingler, Jr. | Pataula Circuit | 2027 |
| Mr. Barry E. King | Piedmont Circuit | 2027 |
| Mr. Thua G. Barlay | Rockdale Circuit | 2026 |
| Mr. Christopher Ross Jackson | Rome Circuit, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Mr. J. Anderson Davis | Rome Circuit, Post 2 | 2026 |
| Mr. Joseph Kenneth Mulholland | South Georgia Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Ms. Tabitha Edwina Payne | South Georgia Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Hon. Paul William Hamilton | Southern Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Ms. Kathryn Drew Parrish Bennett | Southern Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Judge H. Burke Sherwood | Southern Circuit, Post 3 | 2026 |
| Hon. R. Rucker Smith | Southwestern Circuit | 2027 |
| Mr. Michael Douglas McRae | Tallapoosa Circuit, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Mr. Brad Joseph McFall | Tallapoosa Circuit, Post 2 | 2026 |
| Hon. Render Max Heard, Jr. | Tifton Circuit | 2026 |
| Hon. Thomas Brittan Hammond | Toombs Circuit | 2027 |
| Mr. Jonathan Lang Adams | Towaliga Circuit | 2027 |
| Mr. Matthew Jackson Hennesy | Waycross Circuit, Post 1 | 2026 |
| Mr. Adam Ferrell | Waycross Circuit, Post 2 | 2027 |
| Mr. David Jared Parrish | West Georgia Circuit | 2027 |
| Hon. Lawton E. Stephens | Western Circuit, Post 1 | 2027 |
| Mr. Edward Donald Tolley | Western Circuit, Post 2 | 2026 |