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Verda Colvin
Associate Justice of theGeorgia Supreme Court
Assumed office
July 29, 2021[1]
Appointed byBrian Kemp
Preceded byHarold Melton
Judge of theGeorgia 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)[2][3]is an associate justice of theSupreme Court of Georgiaand former judge of theGeorgia Court of Appeals.

Education

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Colvin received herbachelor's degreefromSweet Briar Collegeand herJuris Doctorfrom theUniversity of Georgia School of Lawin 1993.[4][5]

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Previously, she served as anAssistant United States Attorneyfor theMiddle District of Georgia,Assistant District Attorney for theClayton County District Attorney's Office,Assistant General Counsel forClark Atlanta University,Assistant Solicitor for the Solicitor's Office inAthens-Clarke County,and as an associate for Ferguson, Stein, Watt, Wallas, and Gresham.[5][6]

Judicial career

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State court service

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Colvin was appointed to theMacon Circuit Superior CourtbyGeorgia GovernorNathan Dealon 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.[2]

Appointment to Georgia Court of Appeals

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On March 27, 2020, GovernorBrian Kempappointed Colvin to theGeorgia 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

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On July 20, 2021, Colvin was appointed to theSupreme Court of Georgiaby Governor Brian Kemp, to the seat vacated by justiceHarold Melton,who retired on July 1, 2021.[9]

References

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  1. ^"7/29/2021 – VERDA M. COLVIN SWORN IN AS GEORGIA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE".Supreme Court of Georgia.
  2. ^abRamkissoon, Jaclyn (June 24, 2019)."Macon Superior Court judge appointed to state judicial commission".WMAZ.RetrievedMarch 28,2020.
  3. ^Lindstrom, Meghan (July 16, 2020)."Get to know Judge Verda Colvin, recently appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals » Macon Magazine".Macon Magazine.RetrievedMarch 7,2021.
  4. ^"Hon. Verda M. Colvin".gabar.org.State Bar of Georgia.Retrieved21 July2021.
  5. ^abc"Gov. Kemp Names Appointments to Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia Court of Appeals"(Press release). Atlanta, Georgia. March 27, 2020.RetrievedMarch 28,2020.
  6. ^abNelloms, Gabrielle (March 27, 2020)."Governor Brian Kemp appoints Judge Verda Colvin to serve for Georgia Court of Appeals".WGXA.RetrievedMarch 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.RetrievedJune 21,2020.
  9. ^"Governor Kemp Appoints Judge Verda M. Colvin to Georgia Supreme Court"(Press release). Georgia Supreme Court. July 20, 2021.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
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Preceded by Judge of theGeorgia Court of Appeals
2020–2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Associate Justice of theSupreme Court of Georgia
2021–present 		Incumbent
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