Sarah Hawkins Warren

Sarah Hawkins Warren (born c. 1981/1982) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. She was appointed by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal on August 22, 2018, to fill the vacancy created when Britt Grant was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[2] Warren was sworn in by Gov. Deal and assumed her seat on the Court on September 17, 2018.[3]

Sarah Hawkins Warren
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
Assumed office
September 17, 2018
Appointed byNathan Deal
Preceded byBritt Grant
Solicitor General of Georgia
In office
January 1, 2017 – August 22, 2018
Preceded byBritt Grant
Succeeded byAndrew Pinson
Personal details
Born1981/1982 (age 37–38)[1]
EducationDuke University (BA, JD)

Warren received a bachelor's degree from Duke University and her Juris Doctor degree from Duke University School of Law. She served as a law clerk to Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and for Judge J.L. Edmondson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

She became a partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, based in the Washington, D.C. office, where she represented the State of Georgia in Florida v. Georgia (2018), a United States Supreme Court original jurisdiction case that was part of the long-running dispute over the flow of river water among those two states and Alabama.

Warren has also held several positions in Georgia's Office of the Attorney General.[2][4] Immediately before her judicial appointment, Warren served as the state's solicitor general from January 2017, a position in which she also succeeded Britt Grant.[2][4]

Warren and her husband, Blaise, have two children and reside in Atlanta.[4]

Supreme Court of Georgia

In the June 2020 election in Georgia, incumbent justice Sarah Warren faced opposition to her Court seat from Hal Moroz.[5] She will be one of two justices facing opposition on the Court.[6] She retained her seat.[7]

References
  1. "Congratulations to Sarah Hawkins Warren". National Review. 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  2. "Deal appoints Sarah Hawkins Warren to Supreme Court of Georgia | Governor Nathan Deal Office of the Governor". gov.georgia.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  3. "9/17/18 - JUSTICE SARAH H. WARREN SWORN IN". Supreme Court of Georgia. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  4. "Justice Sarah H. Warren". Supreme Court of Georgia. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  5. https://www.lagrangenews.com/2020/06/05/election-day-in-troup-county-is-june-9/
  6. https://www.ajc.com/news/local/two-georgia-supreme-court-justices-facing-election-competition/82dtsQhyVBfDWUh53JXHPN/
  7. Ga. elects state Supreme Court justice By Krista Monk, WALB, June 10, 2020
Legal offices
Preceded by
Britt Grant		 Associate Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
2018–present		 Incumbent



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