Atlanta, June 29, 2021 – David E. Nahmias will be sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia on Thursday, July 1, at the State Capitol. Michael P. Boggs will be sworn in as the new Presiding Justice. Outgoing Chief Justice Harold D. Melton will swear in both Justices, [...]
Atlanta, June 22, 2021 – Chief Justice Harold D. Melton announced today that even though the Statewide Judicial Emergency is due to expire at the end of this month, Georgia’s courts may continue to conduct proceedings using video and other remote technology under rules initially adopted during the judicial emergency. In consultation with trial [...]
Atlanta, June 9, 2021 – On the first day the Supreme Court of Georgia held in-person oral arguments in more than a year, Chief Justice Harold D. Melton sat for the last time today on the bench of the Supreme Court of Georgia where he has served for 16 years. After 30 years of [...]
Atlanta, June 4, 2021 – Chief Justice Harold D. Melton announced today that he plans to issue an order Monday extending for the fifteenth time the Statewide Judicial Emergency he first declared March 14, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But he expects this order extending the judicial emergency will be the last.In a [...]
Atlanta, May 8, 2021 – Under an order signed today by Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, next Friday, May 14, deadlines will be reimposed on prosecutors for presenting cases to the grand jury involving detained adults and juveniles. The order is the 14th the Chief Justice has signed that extends for 30 days the [...]
Atlanta, May 5, 2021 – Chief Justice Harold D. Melton announced today that beginning June 9, 2021, the state’s highest court will resume conducting oral arguments in person at the Nathan Deal Judicial Center in downtown Atlanta. For the first time in more than a year, all nine justices will be seated together on [...]
Atlanta, April 8, 2021 – Chief Justice Harold D. Melton today extended for another month the Statewide Judicial Emergency he first declared more than a year ago on March 14, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today’s order, which will be in effect until May 8, is nearly identical to the previous order he [...]
Atlanta, March 24, 2021 – The Supreme Court of Georgia announced today that the Georgia Bar Exam scheduled for this summer will be given remotely due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It will be the third Georgia bar exam administered remotely during the past year. More than 1,000 applicants are expected to take the [...]
Read the State of the Judiciary Address View the State of the Judiciary Address Chief Justice Harold D. Melton gave his third – and final – State of the Judiciary address to the Legislature on Tuesday, March 16 at the Georgia State Capitol. He said that during this past year, Georgia’s judges and [...]
Atlanta, March 15, 2021 – Chief Justice Harold D. Melton will deliver his third – and final – State of the Judiciary address to the Legislature on Tuesday, March 16, at 11 a.m. in the House Chamber of the Georgia State Capitol. This speech is an annual opportunity to update the legislative branch on [...]
