David Nahmias | |
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Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court | |
In office July 1, 2021 –July 17, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Harold Melton |
Succeeded by | Michael P. Boggs |
Associate Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court | |
In office September 3,2009 –July 17,2022 | |
Appointed by | Sonny Perdue |
Preceded by | Leah Ward Sears |
Succeeded by | Andrew Pinson |
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia | |
In office 2004–2009 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | William S. Duffey Jr. |
Succeeded by | Sally Yates |
Personal details | |
Born | September 11,1964 |
Education | Duke University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
David E. Nahmias (born September 11,1964) is an American lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 2021 to 2022. He is the former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. [1]
He attended Briarcliff High School and was the state's STAR student. He attended Duke University,where he graduated first in his class and summa cum laude ,and Harvard Law School,where in 1991 he graduated magna cum laude and was an editor of the Harvard Law Review (along with President Obama). At Duke,he was the recipient of the A.B. Duke Scholarship.
He clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1992 Term. [1]
He worked for law firm of Hogan &Hartson in Washington,D.C. In 1995,Nahmias joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta in January. [1] In October 2001,Nahmias was detailed to the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division in Washington to serve as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General. [1]
After being nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate,on December 1,2004,Nahmias returned home to Atlanta to take office as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. [1]
Nahmias was named to the Supreme Court of Georgia by Governor Sonny Perdue on August 13,2009,to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Leah Ward Sears. [2] He took office on September 3,2009,and won re-election in November 2010. [3] On September 4,2018,Nahmias was sworn in as Presiding Justice,replacing Harold Melton,who became Chief Justice on the same day. [4] He was sworn in as Chief Justice on July 1,2021. [5] He resigned on July 17,2022. [6]
In 2020,Nahmias wrote a ruling that authorized a loophole that allowed any Georgia Supreme Court judge who faces a serious re-election challenge to resign and have the Georgia governor appoint a new judge to a full term,thus disincentivizing challenges against incumbents and undermining competitive elections. [7]
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