Verda Colvin

Verda Colvin
Associate Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 29, 2021
Appointed byBrian Kemp
Preceded byHarold Melton
Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals
In office
April 10, 2020 – July 28, 2021
Appointed byBrian Kemp
Preceded byCarla Wong McMillian
Succeeded byAndrew Pinson
Personal details
Born1964 or 1965 (age 59–60)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
EducationSweet Briar College (BA)
University of Georgia (JD)

Verda M. Colvin (born 1965)[1][2] is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia and former judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.[3]

Education

Colvin received her bachelor's degree from Sweet Briar College and her Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1993.[4][5]

Previously, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Assistant District Attorney for the Clayton County District Attorney's Office, Assistant General Counsel for Clark Atlanta University, Assistant Solicitor for the Solicitor's Office in Athens-Clarke County, and as an associate for Ferguson, Stein, Watt, Wallas, and Gresham.[5][6]

Judicial career

State court service

Colvin was appointed to the Macon Circuit Superior Court by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal on March 24, 2014. A March 25, 2016, address by Colvin to a group of students as part of a “Consider the Consequences” program for at-risk students that Judge Colvin was unaware was being recorded went viral and was viewed hundreds of thousands of times, picked up by local, national and international media, and played by teachers for their students.[7] In June 2019, she was appointed to a state judicial commission.[1]

Appointment to Georgia Court of Appeals

On March 27, 2020, Governor Brian Kemp appointed Colvin to the Georgia Court of Appeals.[5] She was sworn in on April 10, 2020.[8] She is the state's first African-American female appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals by a Republican governor.[6]

Appointment to Georgia Supreme Court

On July 20, 2021, Colvin was appointed to the Supreme Court of Georgia by Governor Brian Kemp, to the seat vacated by justice Harold Melton, who retired on July 1, 2021.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Ramkissoon, Jaclyn (June 24, 2019). "Macon Superior Court judge appointed to state judicial commission". WMAZ. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  2. ^ Lindstrom, Meghan (July 16, 2020). "Get to know Judge Verda Colvin, recently appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals » Macon Magazine". Macon Magazine. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  3. ^ "7/29/2021 – VERDA M. COLVIN SWORN IN AS GEORGIA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE". Supreme Court of Georgia.
  4. ^ "Hon. Verda M. Colvin". gabar.org. State Bar of Georgia. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Gov. Kemp Names Appointments to Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia Court of Appeals" (Press release). Atlanta, Georgia. March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Nelloms, Gabrielle (March 27, 2020). "Governor Brian Kemp appoints Judge Verda Colvin to serve for Georgia Court of Appeals". WGXA. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  7. ^ Rankin, Bill (July 20, 2021). "Kemp appoints Colvin to fill vacancy on Georgia Supreme Court." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved on July 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Court of Appeals of Georgia: Verda M. Colvin, Judge". www.gaappeals.us. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "Governor Kemp Appoints Judge Verda M. Colvin to Georgia Supreme Court" (Press release). Georgia Supreme Court. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
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Preceded by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
2021–present 		Incumbent