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Justice Colvin is from Atlanta, Georgia. She attended DM Therrell High School. She has a bachelor’s degree in government and religion from Sweet Briar College and a juris doctorate from the University of Georgia School of Law. She lives with her husband and children and attends First Baptist Church.

Prior to her career as a judge, Justice Verda previously worked as an assistant United States attorney in the Middle District of Georgia, an assistant solicitor in Athens-Clarke County, assistant general counsel to Clark Atlanta University, and an assistant district attorney in Clayton County. She has served on various committees including the Rules Committee for the Council of Superior Court Judges, Governor Nathan Deal’s Criminal Justice Reform Committee, and she currently serves as the Chair of the Access to Justice Committee.

Justice Verda Colvin currently serves as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Georgia. She was appointed in 2021 by Governor Brian Kemp. She sits on the Judicial Qualifications Commission. She previously served on the Georgia Court of Appeals for one year. Prior to her work on the appellate level, she served as a Superior Court Judge in the Macon Judicial Circuit for nearly six years.

Justice Colvin is a current Georgia Supreme Court Justice. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of Georgia by Governor Brian Kemp in July 2021.

Previously, Justice Colvin was a judge. She was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Kemp in April 2020. She was appointed to the Macon County Superior Court by Governor Nathan Deal in 2014.

Previously, Justice Colvin was a prosecutor. She was an assistant United States attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, where she prosecuted federal criminal cases ranging from drug trafficking to white collar crime. She was an assistant district attorney in Clayton County, where she prosecuted criminal cases. She was also an assistant solicitor general in Athens-Clarke County, where she prosecuted misdemeanor offenses.

- Justice Colvin is a current Georgia Supreme Court Justice. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of Georgia by Governor Brian Kemp in July 2021. 
- Previously, Justice Colvin was a judge. She was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Kemp in April 2020. She was appointed to the Macon County Superior Court by Governor Nathan Deal in 2014. 
- Previously, Justice Colvin was a prosecutor. She was an assistant United States attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, where she prosecuted federal criminal cases ranging from drug trafficking to white collar crime. She was an assistant district attorney in Clayton County, where she prosecuted criminal cases. She was also an assistant solicitor general in Athens-Clarke County, where she prosecuted misdemeanor offenses.

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Justice Colvin is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia in good standing. She has no public disciplinary actions on record.

- Justice Colvin is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia in good standing. She has no public disciplinary actions on record.

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Veronica is from Macon, Georgia where she attended Central High School. She has a Juris Doctor from the Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law.

Veronica currently manages her own, solo general law practice called the Law Offices of Veronica Brinson. She opened her firm in 2003. She is admitted to practice law in Florida and Alabama, in addition to Georgia. She served as a part-time solicitor in City of Macon. She was a judicial intern at the Supreme Court of Georgia during law school. She also worked for two years as a federal judicial law clerk in the Middle District of Georgia.

In 2020, Veronica Brinson ran for the Georgia Senate in Baldwin County. She lost to incumbent State Senator Burt Jones.

Veronica’s law firm engages in a wide variety of matters including: civil, criminal, appellate, post trial and sentence, domestic, personal injury, probate, contract, business, and general litigation matters.

Veronica previously worked as part-time solicitor in the City of Macon where she prosecuted DUI cases.

- Veronica’s law firm engages in a wide variety of matters including: civil, criminal, appellate, post trial and sentence, domestic, personal injury, probate, contract, business, and general litigation matters.
- Veronica previously worked as part-time solicitor in the City of Macon where she prosecuted DUI cases.

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Veronica is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia in good standing. She has no public disciplinary actions on record.

Veronica was charged with contempt of court in 2018 and spent a weekend in jail.

This happened because she failed to comply with a court order to provide documents related to her financials, after she was ordered to pay $9,500 attorneys fees to an opposing party, after a ruling that she filed a frivolous lawsuit.

Veronica filed Chapter 13 bankruptcy in 2018, one month after she was released from jail. Her upcoming hearing involving the contempt of court matter was postponed.

Veronica was charged with contempt of court in 2014. This was because she continued filing motions and documents for a former client, after a Judge removed her from the case for ineffective representation.

- Veronica is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia in good standing. She has no public disciplinary actions on record. 
- Veronica was charged with contempt of court in 2018 and spent a weekend in jail.  
This happened because she failed to comply with a court order to provide documents related to her financials, after she was ordered to pay $9,500 attorneys fees to an opposing party, after a ruling that she filed a frivolous lawsuit.
- Veronica filed Chapter 13 bankruptcy in 2018, one month after she was released from jail. Her upcoming hearing involving the contempt of court matter was postponed. 
- Veronica was charged with contempt of court in 2014. This was because she continued filing motions and documents for a former client, after a Judge removed her from the case for ineffective representation.

Said, "Georgia courts need all sorts of diversity on the courts including diversity of experience and life experiences."

Said, "I want everyone who appears before the court to have access to justice and a genuine opportunity to have his or her case considered by the court regardless of power, influence, disability, economic status, or other limiting attributes."

Said, "To the best of my abilities, I plan to work with the other justices by being my best self... To the extent I disagree with my colleagues, my philosophy is to 'disagree without being disagreeable.' "

- Said, "Georgia courts need all sorts of diversity on the courts including diversity of experience and life experiences."
- Said, "I want everyone who appears before the court to have access to justice and a genuine opportunity to have his or her case considered by the court regardless of power, influence, disability, economic status, or other limiting attributes."
- Said, "To the best of my abilities, I plan to work with the other justices by being my best self... To the extent I disagree with my colleagues, my philosophy is to 'disagree without being disagreeable.' "

Since 2004, Veronica has organized law camps for youth and families.

Has organized food drives and community clean-up events

Has presented legal seminars and volunteered for mock trial, moot court competitions, and debates.

- Since 2004, Veronica has organized law camps for youth and families.
- Has organized food drives and community clean-up events
- Has presented legal seminars and volunteered for mock trial, moot court competitions, and debates.
- Was a Girl Scout Troop leader.

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- The Georgia Supreme Court is very similar to the US Supreme Court. The Georgia Supreme Court consists of nine judges called Justices. They are the final authority on the Georgia Constitution. 
- Supreme Court Justices are the final court for appeals in the State of Georgia. This means they hear all types of civil cases, criminal cases, and cases involving the State of Georgia. 
- Supreme Court Justices hear cases to determine if a prisoner is being held by the state in error. They hear any cases involving the death penalty or the potential of the death penalty. 
- Unlike trial courts, Supreme Court Justices do not decide cases on their own. Instead the decisions are made as a group by majority vote. An individual Justice will then publish a majority opinion.
- The Supreme Court Justices internally choose a Supreme Court Chief Justice, who presides over oral arguments, leads case deliberations, chairs the Judicial Council of Georgia, and serves four year terms.
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