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Task Force Profile
The Judicial COVID-19 Task Force was established May 14, 2020, as an ad hoc committee of the Judicial Council, with the mission of assisting courts in conducting remote proceedings and in restoring more in-court proceedings, in particular jury trials and grand jury proceedings. The Task Force will include judges from the various classes of court and will obtain input from key stakeholders including the State Bar of Georgia, prosecutors and public defenders, civil plaintiff and defense attorneys, court clerks, sheriffs, and the public.
Task Force Sub-Committees
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- Criminal Committee
- Civil Committee
- Jury Committee
- Grand Jury Committee
- Committee on Other Courts
- Juvenile Committee
- Interpreters and Court Reporter Committee
- Technology Committee
Task Force Members
- Justice Shawn LaGrua, Supreme Court of Georgia, Co-Chair
- Judge Russ McClelland, Council of State Court Judges, Co-Chair
- Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs, Supreme Court of Georgia
- Judge Robert D. Leonard II, Chief Judge Superior Court of Cobb County
- Chief Judge Asha F. Jackson, Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit
- Judge Kathlene Gosselin, Chief Judge Superior Court Northeastern Judicial Circuit
- Judge Ken Hodges, Court of Appeals
- Judge Walter Davis, State-wide Business Court
- Judge Lyndsay Burton, Council of Juvenile Court Judges
- Judge Melanie Bell, Council of Probate Court Judges
- Judge Brendan Murphy, Council of Magistrate Court Judges
- Judge Norman Cuadra, Council of Municipal Court Judges
- Judge Paige Reese Whitaker, Fulton County Superior Court
- Elizabeth Fite, Past-President Georgia State Bar
- Stacy Haralson, Council of Superior Court Clerks
- Cynthia Clanton, Administrative Office of the Courts
- Bryan Webb, Georgia Department of Law
- Lynne Moore Nelson, Institute of Continuing Judicial Education
- Chuck Boring, Judicial Qualifications Commission
- Kimberly D. Charles, Deputy Director, Atlanta Legal Aid
- Robin Rooks, Georgia Council of Court Administrators
- Robert Smith, Prosecuting Attorneys' Council
- Marilyn Primovic, Georgia Public Defender Council
- Adam Malone, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
- David Nelson, Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
- Don Samuel, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Clint Mueller, Association County Commissioners of Georgia
- William Custer, Georgia Chamber of Commerce – Law and Judiciary Committee
- Yvette Daniels, Georgia Department of Public Health
- Marial Ellis, Georgia Department of Community Health
- Phil Sellers, Department of Community Supervision
- Terry Norris, Georgia Sheriffs' Association