Committee Profile
The Judicial Council Standing Committee on Access to Justice is a successor to the Access, Fairness, Public Trust and Confidence Committee, staffed through the AOC.
Mission: To improve the public's trust in the judicial branch by promoting meaningful and effective access to courts and fairness for all.
Next Meeting
2022
- February 16th, 2022 via zoom, 12 noon to 2:00 p.m.
- May 11th, 2022, 12 noon to 2:00 p.m.
- August 31st, 2022, 12 noon to 2:00 p.m.
- November 9th, 2022, 12 noon to 2:00 p.m.
Committee Members
- Justice Verda M. Colvin, Chair, Supreme Court of Georgia
- Retired Justice Robert Benham, Emeritus Member
- Retired Justice Carol Hunstein, Emeritus Member
- Justice Charles Bethel, Supreme Court of Georgia
- Tabitha Ponder, Esq., Committee Liaison
- Honorable Bill Adams, State Bar of Georgia
- Judge Cynthia C. Adams, Accountability Courts
- Judge Leisa G. Blount, Probate Court Judge of Dougherty County
- Judge Walter Davis, Georgia State-wide Business Court
- J. Antonio Delcampo, Esq., Georgia Hispanic Bar Association
- Judge Sara Doyle, Georgia Court of Appeals
- Sharon Edenfield, Esq.,State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division
- Jana Edmondson-Cooper, Esq., Georgia Commission on Interpreters
- Judge Belinda Edwards, Superior Court, Atlanta Circuit
- Christina Folsom, Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
- Terica Ganzy, Esq., Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
- Mazie Lynn Guertin, General Associate of Criminal Defense Lawyer
- Angela Hsu, Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- Judge Mike Jacobs, State Court of DeKalb County
- Tracy Johnson, Executive Director, Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution
- Judge Chong Kim, Municipal Court of Doraville
- Misty Peterson, Stonewall Bar Association
- Judge Brendon Shaw Rhodes, Magistrate Court Wilcox County
- Kimberly C. Sheridan, Gate City Bar Association
- Dr. William Simmons, District Administrator
- Judge Jason Thompson, State Court of Fayette County
- Judge Maureen Wood, Juvenile Court of Rockdale County
Advisors
- Honorable Kristina Blum
- Honorable Clarence Cuthpert
- Honorable LaTisha Dear Jackson
- Karlise Grier, Esq.
- Quinn M. Kasper
- Darlene Kelley
- Vicky Kimbrell, Esq.
- Honorable Cassandra Kirk
- Nancy Long
- Mike Monahan, Esq.
- Sharon Reese
- JoAnna Smith
- Jill Travis
- Nicki Vaughan, Esq.
Contact Us
Access to Justice
Judicial Council/Administrative Office of the Courts
244 Washington Street, SW - Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30334
Main: (770) 690-4269
Email: tabitha.ponder@georgiacourts.gov