The University of Georgia School of Law is the law school of the University of Georgia,a public research university in Athens,Georgia. It was founded in 1859,making it among the oldest American university law schools in continuous operation. Georgia Law accepted 14.77% of applicants for the class entering in 2023.
Mark D. Martin is an American jurist who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina from 2014 through 2019. He was appointed by North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory to become Chief Justice on September 1,2014 upon the retirement of Sarah Parker. Martin was already running for the seat in the 2014 general election.
Griffin Boyette Bell was the 72nd Attorney General of the United States,having served under President Jimmy Carter. Previously,he was a U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Roy Eugene Barnes is an American attorney and politician who served as the 80th governor of Georgia from 1999 to 2003. As of 2024,he is the most recent Democrat to serve as governor of Georgia.
Joseph Michael Watt is a former Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court,who assumed the post in 1992. He was reelected in 1994,1996,and 2002. From 2003 to 2007,he served two terms as Chief Justice. In 2005,he was reelected to an unprecedented second term as Chief Justice,despite a federal age discrimination lawsuit filed by the Court's then-Vice Chief Justice Marian P. Opala,then 83 years old,who claimed Supreme Court rules were changed to prevent Opala from becoming chief justice. Justice Watt sent a letter to Governor Mary Fallin on October 2,2017,stating that he would retire from the Oklahoma Supreme Court effective December 31,2017.
Robert Benham 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.
Mercer University School of Law is the law school of Mercer University. Founded in 1873,it is one of the oldest law schools in the United States;the first law school accredited by the bar in Georgia,and the second oldest of Mercer's 12 colleges and schools. The School of Law has approximately 440 students and is located in Macon,Georgia on its own campus one mile (1.6 km) from Mercer's main campus. The law school building,one of Macon's most recognizable sites,is a three-story partial replica of Independence Hall in Philadelphia and is located on Coleman Hill overlooking downtown Macon. According to Mercer's official 2020 ABA-required disclosures,72% of the Class of 2020 obtained full-time,long-term,JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
Thurbert Earl Baker served as the first African American Attorney General of the U.S. state of Georgia. He was appointed to the position in 1997 by Governor Zell Miller and served until January 10,2011.
In the 2006 Georgia elections,Incumbent Governor Sonny Perdue,the first Republican Governor of Georgia since reconstruction,was re-elected over then-Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor (D).
The State Bar of Georgia is the governing body of the legal profession in the State of Georgia,operating under the supervision of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Membership is a condition of admission to practice law in Georgia.
James Randolph Evans is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 2018 to 2021. He presented his credentials on June 19,2018,to the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. A member of the Republican Party from Georgia,he specializes in litigation,as well as professional,legal and government ethics. Evans is a partner at the global law firm Squire Patton Boggs.
David E. Nahmias 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.
Mark Allen Davis is an American attorney and jurist. He has served as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2019-2020) and previously as a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Davis currently serves as Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases on the North Carolina Business Court.
Preston Harris Hines was the chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court in the United States for a span which began in 2017 and ended in 2018.
Nels Stefan David Peterson is an American lawyer serving as the presiding justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Carla Wong McMillian is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia and former judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Clyde Lowaine Reese III known professionally as Clyde L. Reese was an American lawyer who served as a judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Verda M. Colvin is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia and former judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Shawn Ellen LaGrua is an associate justice of the Georgia Supreme Court.
Andrew Alan Pinson is an American lawyer who was appointed to serve as an associate justice of the Georgia Supreme Court since 2022. He served as a judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals from 2021 to 2022.
