Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)

This article refers to the highest court of the U.S. state of Georgia; for the highest court of the country of Georgia, see Supreme Court of Georgia (country).

Supreme Court of Georgia
Seal of the Supreme Court
Established	1841
Jurisdiction	Georgia , United States
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
Authorized by	Georgia Constitution
Decisions are appealed to	Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest judicial authority of the US state of Georgia. The court was established in 1845 as a three-member panel. Since 1896, the justices (increased in number to six, and then to seven in 1945) have been elected by the people, and today those elections are non-partisan.

The first Chief Justice of the Court was Joseph Henry Lumpkin, who was appointed in 1863. There have been 27 Chief Justices, and the current Chief Justice of the Court is Carol W. Hunstein. Today, the Chief Justice is elected by his or her fellow justices.

Justices

Name	Appointed/elected	Term expires	Elected under
Robert Benham	1989	2014	Joe Frank Harris (Democrat)
Carol W. Hunstein (chief justice)	1992	2012	Zell Miller (Democrat)
George H. Carley (presiding justice)	1993	2012	Zell Miller (Democrat)
Hugh P. Thompson	1994	2012	Zell Miller (Democrat)
Harris Hines	1995	2014	Zell Miller (Democrat)
Harold Melton	2005	2012	Sonny Perdue (Republican)
David Nahmias	2009	2015	Sonny Perdue (Republican)

Bar admissions

The Supreme Court of Georgia is unusual among state high courts in that it does not admit new lawyers to the state bar. Instead, new lawyers are admitted to practice by the trial-level court of a county where they live or wish to practice. The new lawyers must separately seek admission to the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court.

See also

• Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia
• Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia
• Fiat justitia ruat caelum
• State Bar of Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Courts of Georgia

References

• History of the Supreme Court of Georgia (accessed December 6, 2006)

External links

• Website of the Supreme Court of Georgia

Coordinates: 33°44′55″N 84°23′21″W / 33.748496°N 84.38913°W / 33.748496; -84.38913

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