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Carla W. McMillian
Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
Background: McMillian's career experience includes clerking for U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Judge William C. O'Kelley and working as an attorney and partner with the law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP.
At a glance
- Court
- Georgia Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp (R) (March 27, 2020); later won election on May 24, 2022
- Appointed by
- Gov. Brian Kemp (R)
- Appointment date
- March 27, 2020
- Took office
- April 10, 2020
- Current term ends
- January 1, 2029
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- May 24, 2022
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Republican (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Duke University, 1995
- Law: University of Georgia School of Law, 1998
- Prior offices
- Georgia Court of Appeals (2013 - 2020)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Nonpartisan electionVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Carla W. McMillian’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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