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JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF GEORGIA General Session Friday, August 14, 2020 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. By Remote Conferencing Judicial Council of Georgia General Session By Conference Call Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/judicialcouncilofgeorgia Friday, August 14, 2020 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 1. Preliminary Remarks (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Est. Time – 5 Min.) 2. Roll Call of Judicial Council Members (Cynthia H. Clanton, Est. Time – 2 Min.) 3. Approval of Minutes – August 3, 2020, Emergency Session (Action Item) TAB 1 (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Est. Time – 2 Min.) 4. Judicial Council Committee Reports A. Budget Committee (Action Item) TAB 2 (Justice Michael P. Boggs and Maleia Wilson, Est. Time – 5 Min.) B. Legislation Committee (Action Item) TAB 3 (Presiding Justice David E. Nahmias, Est. Time – 7 Min.) C. Judicial Workload Assessment Committee (Action Item) TAB 4 (Chief Judge David Emerson, Est. Time – 40 Min.) 1. Voting to Recommend Judgeships 2. Voting to Rank Judgeship Recommendations *Council business will continue at Chair’s discretion D. Technology Committee (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton and Chief Judge David Emerson, Est. Time – 5 Min.) E. Strategic Plan Committee (Action Item) TAB 5 (Presiding Judge Sara Doyle, Est. Time – 5 Min.) F. Grants Committee (Written report) TAB 6 G. Judicial COVID-19 Task Force TAB 7 (Judge Shawn E. LaGrua, Est. Time – 10 Min.) 5. Report from Judicial Council/AOC TAB 8 (Cynthia H. Clanton, Est. Time – 10 Min.) 6. Reports from the Courts, Councils & State Bar TAB 9 (Est. Time – 15 Min.) A. Supreme Court B. Court of Appeals C. Business Court D. Council of Superior Court Judges E. Council of State Court Judges F. Council of Juvenile Court Judges G. Council of Probate Court Judges H. Council of Magistrate Court Judges I. Council of Municipal Court Judges J. State Bar of Georgia 7. Reports from additional Judicial Branch Agencies TAB 10 (Est. Time – 5 Min.) A. Council of Accountability Court Judges B. Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution C. Council of Superior Court Clerks D. Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism E. Georgia Council of Court Administrators F. Institute of Continuing Judicial Education G. Judicial Qualifications Commission 8. Old/New Business (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Est. Time – 5 Min.) 9. Concluding Remarks and Adjournment (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Est. Time – 5 Min.) Next Judicial Council Meeting Friday, December 11, 2020 10 a.m. 12:30 p.m. TBD Judicial Council Meeting Calendar – 2021 Friday, February 12, 2021 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. James H. “Sloppy” Floyd Building/Atlanta, GA Friday, April 23, 2021 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The Classic Center/Athens, GA Friday, August 13, 2021 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. TBD Friday, December 10, 2021 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The Carter Center/Atlanta, GA Judicial Council Members As of August 2020 Supreme Court Judge J. Wade Padgett Chief Justice Harold D. Melton President-Elect Chair, Judicial Council Augusta Judicial Circuit Nathan Deal Judicial Center P.O. Box 2656 330 Capitol Avenue, S.E. Evans, GA 30809 1st Floor, Suite 1100 706-821-2835 Atlanta, GA 30334 [email protected] 404-657-3470/F 656-2253 [email protected] Judge Jeffrey H. Kight Waycross Judicial Circuit, 1st JAD Presiding Justice David E. Nahmias Ware County Courthouse Vice-Chair, Judicial Council 800 Church Street, STE B202 Nathan Deal Judicial Center Waycross, GA 31501 330 Capitol Avenue, S.E. 912-287-4330/F 544-9857 1st Floor, Suite 1100 [email protected] Atlanta, GA 30334 404-656-3474/F 657-6997 Judge Melanie B. Cross [email protected] Tifton Judicial Circuit, 2nd JAD PO Box 7090 Court of Appeals Tifton, GA 31793 Chief Judge Christopher J. McFadden 229-386-7904 Nathan Deal Judicial Center [email protected] 330 Capitol Avenue, S.E., Suite 1601 Atlanta, GA 30334 Judge W. James Sizemore 404-656-3450/ F 651-6187 Southwestern Judicial Circuit, 3rd JAD [email protected] PO Box 784 Americus, GA 31709 Vice Chief Judge Brian M. Rickman 229-924-2269/F 924-2269 Nathan Deal Judicial Center [email protected] 330 Capitol Avenue, S.E., Suite 1601 Atlanta, GA 30334 Chief Judge Asha Jackson 404-656-3450/ F 651-6187 Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit, 4th JAD [email protected] DeKalb County Courthouse, STE 6230 556 N. McDonough Street Georgia State-wide Business Court Decatur, GA 30030 Judge Walter W. Davis 404-371-2344/F 371-2002 Nathan Deal Judicial Center [email protected] 3rd Floor, Suite BC320 330 Capitol Avenue, S.E. Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher Atlanta, GA 30334 Atlanta Judicial Circuit, 5th JAD [email protected] T8905 Justice Center Tower 185 Central Avenue SW STE T-8905 Superior Court Atlanta, GA 30303 Chief Judge Brian Amero 404-612-4335/F 612-2569 President, CSCJ [email protected] Flint Judicial Circuit One Courthouse Square Judge W. Fletcher Sams McDonough, GA 30253 Fayette County Justice Center, 6th JAD 770-288-7901 One Center Drive [email protected] Fayetteville, GA 30214 770-716-4282/ 770-716-4862 [email protected] Judge Ralph Van Pelt, Jr. Chief Judge C. Gregory Price Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, 7th JAD President-Elect, CJCJ 875 LaFayette Street, Room 206 Rome Judicial Circuit Ringgold, GA 30736 #3 Government Plaza, Suite 202 706-965-4047/F 965-6246 Rome, GA 30161 [email protected] 706-291-5180 [email protected] Chief Judge Sarah Wall Oconee Judicial Circuit, 8th JAD Probate Court PO Box 1096 Chief Judge Kelli M. Wolk Hawkinsville, GA 31036 President, CPCJ 478-783-2900/ F 478-783-2902 Cobb County [email protected] 32 Waddell Street Marietta, GA 30090 Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Bagley 770-528-1900/ F 770-528-1996 Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit, 9th JAD [email protected] 101 E. Courthouse Square, Suite 5016 Cumming, GA 30040 Judge Kerri B. Carter 770-205-4660/F 770-250-4661 President-Elect, CPCJ [email protected] Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit 255 West Crabtree Street Judge James G. Blanchard, Jr. Trenton, GA 30752 Augusta Judicial Circuit, 10th JAD 706-657-4417/ F 706-657-4305 P.O. Box 2656 [email protected] Evans, GA 30809 706-312-7356/ F 706-312-7365 Magistrate Court [email protected] Chief Judge Torri M. “T.J.” Hudson President, CPCJ State Court Treutlen County Judge Wesley B. Tailor 650 2nd Street S., STE 101 President, CStCJ Soperton, GA 30457 Fulton County 912-529-3342/F 529-6838 T3755 Justice Center Tower [email protected] 185 Central Avenue SW Atlanta, GA 30303 *Judge Quinn M. Kasper 404-613-4497 Cobb Judicial Circuit [email protected] 32 Waddell St., 3rd Floor Marietta, GA 30090 Judge Alvin T. Wong 770-528-8900 President-Elect, CStCJ [email protected] Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit 556 N. McDonough St., Suite 2240 Municipal Courts Decatur, GA 30030 Judge Willie C. Weaver, Sr. 404-371-2591 President, CMuCJ [email protected] Municipal Court of Albany P.O. Box 646 Juvenile Court Albany, GA 31702 Judge Lisa C. Jones 229-438-9455 President, CJCJ [email protected] Southwestern Judicial Circuit Sumter County Courthouse PO Box 607 Americus, GA 31709 229-928-4569 [email protected] *Designee of CMCJ President-Elect, Chief Judge Bobby H. Smith, III Judicial Council Members As of August 2020 Judge Lori B. Duff President-Elect, CMuCJ Municipal Court of Loganville 7730 B Hampton Place Loganville, GA 30052 770-466-6149 [email protected] State Bar of Georgia Ms. Dawn Jones President, State Bar of Georgia 1230 Peachtree St., NE Suite 1900 Atlanta, GA 30309 678-940-1251/ F 470-891-5918 [email protected] Administrative Office of the Courts 244 Washington St. SW, Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 30334 Cynthia H. Clanton, Director 404-656-5171 As of August 2020 Director’s Office Judicial Services Latoinna Lawrence Administration Christopher Hansard 404-463-6106 Division Director Tiffanie Robinson 404-463-1871 Paula Myrick 404-463-3820 404-463-6480 Tynesha Manuel Front Desk 404-232-1857 Bruce Shaw 404-656-5171 404-656-6783 Research and Data Analysis Budget Financial Administration Matthew Bishop Maleia Wilson 404-656-0371 Drew Townsend 404-656-6404 CFO/Division Director Shimike Dodson 404-651-7613 Governmental and Trial Court 404-656-2614 Liaison Kim Burley Jeffrey Thorpe 404-463-3816 Tracy Mason 404-656-6413 404-463-0559 Monte Harris Court Professionals 404-656-6691 Robert Aycock 404-463-1023 John Botero Latricia Harris 404-463-3785 404-463-1907 Darron Enns 404-656-5453 Bianca Bennett Cassaundra Niblack 404-651-8707 404-463-0237 LaShawn Murphy 404-651-6325 LaShica Briscoe Imani Roberson 404-463-5127 404-463-9016 Cheryl Karounos 404-651-7616 Herbert Gordon Tax Intercept 404-653-3789 Human Resources Andrew Theus Amber Richardson 404-463-5177 Stephanie Hines 404-232-1409 404-657-7469 Information Technology Communications, Children, Families Jacqueline Booker & the Sterling Perry 404-463-0638 Courts Interim Division Director 470-446-3930 General Counsel Michelle Barclay Willie Alcantara Division Director 404-519-9989 Jessica Farah 404-657-9219 404-463-3805 Jesse Medina Noelle Lagueux-Alvarez 404-227-2395 Meisa Pace 404-463-0044 404-463-3821 Elaine Johnson Alison Lerner 404-463-6383 404-657-4219 All email addresses follow this format: [email protected] John Counts 404-550-1254 Angela He 404-651-8169 Kristy King 404-651-8180 Christina Liu 404-651-8180 Michael Neuren 404-657-4218 Kriste Pope 404-731-1358 Juliana Tyler 404-852-6899 Pete Tyo 404-731-1357 Jill Zhang 404-463-6343 Georgia Judicial Exchange Tajsha Dekine 404-656-3479 Eureka Frierson 470-733-9404 All email addresses follow this format: [email protected] Judicial Council of Georgia STRATEGIC PLAN FY 2020–2022 VISION MISSION To improve justice in all The Judicial Council and AOC Georgia courts through lead collaboration on policy across collaboration, innovation, Georgia’s courts to improve the and information.
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