The Supreme Court of Georgia unveiled the portrait of former Chief Justice Carol W. Hunstein on June 16, 2022, during a ceremony in the courtroom. (Photo: Courtesy of Bruce Shaw/Judicial Council of Georgia/Administrative Office of the Courts)
Judges and justices from Georgia’s intermediate and high appellate courts and some of the trial courts gathered with friends and family of retired Justice Carol Hunstein to remember her contributions and take a first look of her official portrait.
“Carol Hunstein is an important figure in the history of the legal profession in Georgia,” Chief Justice David Nahmias told the group at the special session of the Georgia Supreme Court Thursday. He noted that, after practicing law in Decatur for years, she won an election against four men to become the first female judge in DeKalb County Superior Court. Then she was elected by peers across the state as the first woman president of the Georgia Council of Superior Court judges. In that capacity, she was asked to lead the high court on a case where all the justices recused themselves, making her the first woman to act as chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1991.
