Jeff Davis (Georgia)
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Jeff Davis is a judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals. He assumed office on January 1, 2025. His current term ends on January 1, 2031.
Davis ran for election for judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals. He won in the general election on May 21, 2024.
Davis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jeff Davis earned a law degree from the Georgia State University College of Law in 1991. His career experience includes working as an attorney and ordained pastor.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Georgia intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia Court of Appeals
Jeff Davis defeated Tabitha Ponder in the general election for Georgia Court of Appeals on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jeff Davis (Nonpartisan)  | 57.1 | 636,193 | |
| Tabitha Ponder (Nonpartisan) | 42.9 | 477,885 | ||
| Total votes: 1,114,078 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jeff Davis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Davis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Jeff brings decades of experience as a prosecutor, civil litigator, criminal defense attorney, and ethics expert to his bid for the Court of Appeals, having handled numerous cases in the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Jeff began his legal career serving as Assistant General Counsel with the State Bar of Georgia, prosecuting lawyers who violated the ethics rules and monitoring and prosecuting the unauthorized practice of law.
In the mid-90s Jeff was named Real Estate Counsel for Caribou Coffee Company, the nation’s second largest specialty coffee retailer. In this role, Jeff oversaw Caribou Coffee’s first expansion from its Minneapolis headquarters into the Atlanta market. This provided Jeff first-hand experience navigating regulatory considerations that must be addressed when growing a business.
In 2000, Jeff moved with his family to Madison, Georgia, where he “hung out his shingle” across from the Morgan County courthouse, becoming a small-town lawyer who represented clients across the legal spectrum.
Jeff fondly recalls those days when he represented anyone who walked through the door, regardless of their ability to pay. Jeff never turned away a client who needed help – especially women who found themselves in abusive situations and needed- UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW I believe in the independence of the judiciary and upholding the rule of law. I believe in the separation of powers, and that judges perform a very important, but limited role, in our state government. A judge’s role is to interpret the laws as they are written and to apply them to the facts of the case before them.
- FAIRNESS UNDER THE LAW I believe that judges should decide cases fairly and impartially, without fear or favor, and without regard to gender, race or religion. As a Court of Appeals judge, I promise to serve with integrity. I will faithfully interpret and uphold both the Georgia and the U.S. Constitution.
- APPELLATE LAW EXPERIENCE A judge on the Court of Appeals hears a wide array of cases involving civil and criminal law, all of which I have handled as a lawyer. It is important, too, that a Court of Appeals judge has appellate experience, and I have handled numerous cases before the Court of Appeals.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Georgia Court of Appeals |
Officeholder Georgia Court of Appeals |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 26, 2024
Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia
State courts:
Georgia Supreme Court • Georgia Court of Appeals • Georgia Superior Courts • Georgia State Courts • Georgia Business Court • Georgia Tax Court • Georgia Juvenile Courts • Georgia Probate Courts • Georgia Magistrate Courts • Georgia Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Georgia • Georgia judicial elections • Judicial selection in Georgia
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