Leah Sears | |
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| 27th Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court | |
| In office June 28, 2005 – June 30, 2009 | |
| Appointed by | Zell Miller |
| Preceded by | Norman Fletcher |
| Succeeded by | Carol Hunstein |
| Associate Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court | |
| In office July 21, 1992 – June 28, 2005 | |
| Appointed by | Zell Miller |
| Succeeded by | David Nahmias |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leah Jeanette Sears June 13, 1955 Heidelberg, West Germany |
| Spouse(s) | Love Collins (divorced 1994) Haskell Ward |
| Education | Cornell University (BA) Emory University (JD) University of Virginia (LLM) |
Leah Ward Sears (née Leah Jeanette Sears;[1] born June 13, 1955) is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sears was the first African-American female chief justice of a state supreme court in the United States.[2] When she was first appointed as justice in 1992 by Governor Zell Miller, she became the first woman and youngest person to sit on Georgia's Supreme Court.
- ^ Shriver Davis, Rebecca (2017). Justice Leah Ward Sears: Seizing Serendipity. University of Georgia Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-8203-5165-0.
- ^ Brock, Emilia (30 May 2019). "Beyond the Bench: Former Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears on a Life of Breaking Barriers". Georgia Public Broadcasting. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.