Leah Ward Sears
Leah Ward Sears (née Leah Jeanette Sears; 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. 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.
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) |
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