The Judicial Nominating Commission has submitted recommendations to fill vacancies within the Superior Courts of the Atlantic, Coweta, Dougherty, and Macon Judicial Circuits.  The vacancies in the Atlantic, Coweta, and Dougherty Judicial Circuits were created by legislation passed during the 2023 session of the Georgia General Assembly; and the vacancy in the Macon Judicial Circuit was created by the resignation of the Honorable Howard Z. Simms.

Governor Kemp will fill the vacancies from among the lists.  The Governor’s Office will contact candidates to schedule interviews.

The following names were submitted to Governor Kemp:

Atlantic Judicial Circuit

  • C. Jean Bolin – Judge, State Court of McIntosh County
  • Mark A. Hendrix – Solicitor General, Liberty County; solo practitioner, Mark A. Hendrix, P.C.
  • Jonathan A. Porter – partner, Husch Blackwell LLP

 

Coweta Judicial Circuit

  • C. Jephson Bendinger – Chief Assistant District Attorney, Coweta Judicial Circuit
  • Sarah Stimac Japour – Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit

 

Dougherty Judicial Circuit

  • Joseph W. Dent – solo practitioner & mediator, Joseph W. Dent, P.C.

 

Macon Judicial Circuit

  • Kevin B. Hicks – founder and managing attorney, The Law Offices of Kevin B. Hicks & Associates, LLC
  • Sharon H. Reeves – Administrative Law Judge, Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation
  • Kenneth R. Smith – founding member and trial attorney, The Law Offices of Ken Smith, LLC

 

 

 

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