Presiding Judge Sara L. Doyle of the Court of Appeals of Georgia (from left), Judge LaTain Kell of Cobb County Superior Court, Judge Shawn LaGrua of Fulton County Superior Court and Judge Wade Padgett of the Augusta Judicial Circuit Superior Court. (Courtesy photos)
Three processes—one in Gov. Brian Kemp’s office and two in federal and state courts—are moving at different speeds to determine who will fill a seat on the Supreme Court of Georgia being vacated in November by Justice Keith Blackwell.
Kemp’s Judicial Nominating Commission took less than a month to send him a shortlist of four judges from which to choose Blackwell’s replacement. Their applications, which include answers to questions about their most important cases and other issues, can be seen by clicking on the finalists’ names below (the JNC redacted certain personal information).
