Governor fills judicial openings

July 27 – ATLANTA – In addition to appointing Judge Verda Colvin to fill a vacancy on the Georgia Supreme Court, Governor Brian Kemp made five more court appearances last week.

Colvin will fill the position created by the resignation of Harold D. Melton.

“It is an honor to have such a skilled and accomplished judge on our state’s Supreme Court,” said Kemp. “With Judge Colvin on the bench, Georgia’s highest court has an immensely talented and principled judge to lead it for years to come.”

Born and raised in Atlanta, Colvin attended DM Therrell High School in Georgia’s capital. She received her Bachelor of Arts dual degrees in Government and Religion from Sweet Briar College, Virginia and her doctorate in law from the University of Georgia School of Law.

Prior to her appointment to the bank, Colvin was the US Assistant Attorney in the Middle District of Georgia. Prior to serving with the federal government, she was an assistant district attorney in Clayton County. She was also Assistant General Counsel at Clarke-Atlanta University in Atlanta.

Kemp also announced the appointment of Andrew Pinson to fill Colvin’s position on the Court of Appeal.

Pinson most recently served as attorney general in the attorney general’s office. In this role, he oversaw the Office’s appeals and multi-state proceedings in state and federal courts. He also worked with fellow attorneys in the Department of Law on all stages of major litigation and advised the Attorney General on matters of national concern that could affect the state of Georgia.

He previously served as the assistant attorney general where he was the attorney general’s primary advisor on litigation in multiple state and federal appeals, including cases before the United States Supreme Court. Prior to joining the Department of Law, Pinson was part of the Issues and Appeals Practice at Jones Day in Atlanta, where he focused on appeals and complex litigation.

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Pinson served as a trainee lawyer for Justice Clarence Thomas at the United States Supreme Court and prior to that for then Chief Justice David Sentelle at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

The governor also announced his appointment to Chuck Eaton to fill the vacant Superior Court position at the Atlanta Judicial Circuit.

Eaton holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama and a law degree from Georgia State University. In 2018 he was elected to the Georgia Public Service Commission for his third term. He was first elected in December 2006. In 2012, after being re-elected to the commission for a second term, Eaton was named PSC chairman. In 2014, his fellow commissioners elected him for a second term of two years as chairman. In 2008 he was also chairman. Prior to joining the Commission, Eaton worked in real estate in Atlanta.

Judge Rhonda Kreuziger was selected by Kemp to fill the vacant Superior Court position on the Griffin Judicial Circuit, which includes Spalding, Pike, Fayette and Upson counties.

Kreuziger holds a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern State University and a law degree from John Marshall Law School. She has been an assistant judge at the juvenile court since August 2020. She previously served as the presiding judge of the Fayetteville City Court from July 2018 to August 2020. From June 2006 to August 2020 she was a criminal lawyer, family lawyer and civil procedural law attorney at the Kreuziger law firm.

Chaundra Lewis was appointed by the governor to fill the vacancy on Henry County State Court.

Lewis holds a bachelor’s degree from Spelman College and a law degree from the University of Memphis. Most recently, she served as the assistant district attorney in the Henry County District Attorney’s Office since October 2020. She previously served as the assistant district attorney in the Henry County Attorney’s Office. Her additional experience includes serving as assistant assistant attorney general in the Fulton County Attorney General’s office, as senior assistant attorney general and assistant assistant attorney general in the Clayton County Attorney General’s office, and as a personnel attorney in the Clayton County State Court.

Kimberly Alexander was selected by Kemp to fill the position on the Dekalb County State Court.

Alexander was most recently a Judge in Division C of the DeKalb County State Court – Traffic Division, a position she was appointed to by Kemp in 2019. Alexander was born in Augusta and graduated from Lakeside High School in Evans. She earned a bachelor’s degree cum laude in English from Georgia State University and a doctorate in law from the University of Georgia School of Law.

After becoming a member of the State Bar of Georgia in November 2004, Alexander entered the public service as a clerk at the Superior Court in Richmond and Columbia Counties. She previously served as the assistant district attorney in the Fulton County Attorney’s Office. Alexander also served as a MP and Legal Adviser to the Fulton County Board of Tax Assessors.

Alexander previously served as a legal counsel for the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning, represented the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services as an associate at Brown, Geiger & Associates, represented children as an attorney for child advocates in Fulton County, handled legal cases in the education sector as Associate at Brock, Clay, Calhoun & Rogers and served as Assistant Solicitor General in the Cobb County Solicitor General’s Office.

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