2025-2026 Commission Members, Advisors & Liaisons
Members
The Honorable Chief Justice Nels S.D. Peterson, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
Chair of the Commission
Lamar Barnett
AFLAC
Columbus, GA
Associate Dean M. Scott Boone
District Attorney Marie G. Broder
Griffin Judicial Circuit
Griffin, GA
Professor Nathan S. Chapman
University of Georgia School of Law
Athens, GA
Veronica Rogusky Cox
Federal Employee
Athens, GA
Professor Clark D. Cunningham
Georgia State University College of Law
Atlanta, GA
Jeffrey William DeLoach
Epps, Holloway, DeLoach and Hoipkemier, LLC
Athens, GA
Anissa D. Floyd
Smurfit Westrock
Atlanta, GA
The Honorable
Elizabeth D. Gobeil
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Atlanta, GA
The Honorable
Steven D. Grimberg
U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
Atlanta, GA
The Honorable
Jeffrey Brooks Hanson
State Court of Bibb County
Macon, GA
Professor
Tonja Jacobi
Emory University School of Law
Atlanta, GA
Francys Johnson
Professor Patrick E. Longan
Mercer University School of Law
Macon, GA
Rizza O’Connor
Bryant O’Connor LLP
Vidalia, GA
David M. “Dave” Paule
Our Fundraising Search
Atlanta, GA
The Honorable Benjamin S. Richardson
Chattahoochee Circuit Superior Court
Columbus, GA
Lauren Shubow
Founder & Principal Attorney
Shubow Law, LLC
Atlanta, GA
Christopher Paul Twyman
Cox Byington Twyman LLP
Rome, GA
LaToya Simone Williams
Georgia Public Defender Council
Atlanta, GA
Advisors
Justice Shawn Ellen LaGrua
Supreme Court of Georgia
Atlanta, GA
Jennifer Davis Ward
Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
Atlanta, GA
Liaisons
James D. Blitch IV
Atlanta, GA
Damon Elmore
State Bar of Georgia
Atlanta, GA
Michael Herskowitz
State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism Liaison
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Atlanta, GA
Julia Neighbors
Institute of Continuing Legal Education
Atlanta, GA
Robert L. Rothman
American Bar Association Liaison
Atlanta, GA
Dee Dee Worley
Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency
Atlanta, GA