Verda Colvin's Biography
Contact Information
Office
330 Capitol Avenue, Southeast
First Floor, Suite 1100
Atlanta, GA 30334
Full Name:
Verda Colvin
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Nathaniel Walker; 4 Children: Nathan, Nathalie, Weston, and Taylor
Birth Place:
Atlanta, Georgia
Home City:
Atlanta, GA
JD, School of Law, University of Georgia, 1987-1990
BA, Government and Religion, Sweet Briar College, 1983-1987
Associate Justice, Georgia State Supreme Court, 2021-present
Candidate, Georgia State Supreme Court, 2022
Appointed by Governor Brian Kemp, Justice, Georgia State Supreme Court, July 20, 2021
Chair, Access to Justice Committee, Georgia State Supreme Court
Member, Continuing Judicial Education Board of Trustees
Member, Continuing Judicial Education/ In-house Continuing Legal Education for Staff Attorneys
Member, Council of Accountability Court Judges
Member, Criminal Justice Reform Committee and the Law Enforcement Task Force Committee
Member, Internal Operations Manual, Georgia Court of Appeals
Member, Judicial Qualifications Commission
Co-Chair, Rules Committee for the Council of Superior Court Judges
Co-Chair, Strategic Planning/Court Futures Committee
Assistant Solicitor, Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
Assistant General Counsel, Clark Atlanta University
Assistant District Attorney, Clayton County, Georgia
Adjunct Professor, Mercer University School of Law
Judge, Georgia State Court of Appeals, 2020-2021
Judge, Macon Circuit, Georgia Superior Court of Bibb County, 2014-2020
Assistant United States Attorney, Middle District of Georgia, 1999-2014
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Board of Directors for the Fuller Center for Housing of Macon
Member, Board of Trustees for Mount de Sales Academy
Member, Charles Weltner Family Inn of Court
Member, Chisholm Leadership Academy Board of Directors
Member, Clarence Cooper Inn of Court
Member, Clarke-Carley Inn of Court
Member, Downtown Rotary Club of Macon
Member/ Sunday School Teacher/ Womens Ministry Leadership Team, First Baptist Church
Member, Gate City Bar-Judicial Section
Member, Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
Member, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
Member, Jack and Jill of America-Macon Chapter
Member, Macon Bar Association
Member, Macon Bibb Citizens Advocacy Board
Co-Chair, One Macon 2.0
Member, Regional Partnership Council of the Boys and Girls Club of Central Georgia
Member, The Order of Barristers
Member, William A. Bottle American Inn of Court
President, Board of Directors for the Fuller Center for Housing of Macon, 2018-2021