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Sara Doyle
2009 - Present
2026
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Sara Doyle is a judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2009. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Doyle ran for re-election for judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on June 9, 2020.
Doyle served as chief judge of the Court of Appeals from July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2017.[1]
Doyle declared her candidacy for Justice Robert Benham's seat on the Georgia Supreme Court. The seat was expected to be on the ballot on May 19, 2020. Benham retired on March 1, 2020. His retirement allowed Gov. Kemp to appoint a successor. That successor did not need to run for election until 2022.[2]
Education
Doyle received her bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Florida in 1990 and her J.D. from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University, graduating cum laude in 1994.[1]
Career
Doyle started her career at Strickland & Benson, P.C. Prior to taking the bench, she worked for the law firm of Holland & Knight LLP as a member of their education team.[1]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2004-2008: Georgia Super Lawyer
- 2013: Atlanta Bar's Professionalism award[1]
Associations
- Member, State Bar of Georgia
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Atlanta Bar Association
- National Association of Women Judges
- Georgia Association of Women Lawyers
- Gate City Bar Association
- Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
- Past president and executive committee member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta
- Mercer Law School's Board of Visitors
- Emory University's Board of Visitors[1]
Elections
2020
Court of appeals
See also: Georgia intermediate appellate court elections, 2020
General election
General election for Georgia Court of Appeals
Incumbent Sara Doyle won election in the general election for Georgia Court of Appeals on June 9, 2020.
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| ✔ |  | Sara Doyle (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 1,941,037 |
| Total votes: 1,941,037 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tabitha Ponder (Nonpartisan)
- Audrey Berland (Nonpartisan)
- Nicole Leet (Nonpartisan)
- Lyndsey Rudder (Nonpartisan)
- Bennett Bryan (Nonpartisan)
- Judy Aust (Nonpartisan)
- Kimberly Bourroughs Debrow (Nonpartisan)
Supreme court
- See also: Georgia Supreme Court elections, 2020
Doyle declared her candidacy for Justice Robert Benham's seat on the Georgia Supreme Court. The seat was expected to be on the ballot on May 19, 2020. Benham retired on March 1, 2020. His retirement allowed Gov. Kemp to appoint a successor. That successor did not need to run for election until 2022.[2]
2014
- See also: Georgia judicial elections, 2014
Doyle ran for re-election to the Georgia Court of Appeals.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on May 20, 2014.[3][4]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sara Doyle did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Georgia Court of Appeals |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Georgia Court of Appeals, "Sara L. Doyle," accessed May 10, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Justice Benham to retire in March, upending GA Supreme Court race," December 5, 2019
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "2014 Qualifying Candidates List," accessed March 19, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, “Statewide Election Results,” May 20, 2014
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