Nels S.D. Peterson was unanimously elected to become the next chief justice, and Sarah Hawkins Warren will be the next presiding justice.

Georgia’s Supreme Court justices on Thursday unanimously elected Presiding Justice Nels Peterson as the next leader of the state’s highest court.

Chief justices lead the state's judicial branch and are selected for a single four-year term. They serve as the voice of the court and the state's entire judiciary and preside over the high court's ...

Georgia Chief Justice Michael Boggs announced that he will resign from the state Supreme Court at the end of next month. Gov. Brian Kemp will appoint a new justice to fill Boggs’ seat, and the court ...

The chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that he will step down at the end of the court’s current ...

ATLANTA — Georgia’s Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs announced on Tuesday that he is resigning from the Supreme Court of ...

After 25 years in elective office, including more than two decades as a judge, Boggs will return to private practice in south ...

Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs said Tuesday he is resigning when the Georgia Supreme Court's term ends March 31. Boggs served ...