Statewide
D. Todd Markle is a judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals, having assumed office in 2018 with his current term ending on December 31, 2026. He previously served as a judge on the Fulton Judicial Circuit of the Fifth District Superior Court in Georgia from 2011 to 2018. Markle earned his undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Georgia in 1986 and his J.D. from Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in 1989.
E. Trenton Brown III is a judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals, a position he has held since 2018. His current term is set to expire in 2026. Prior to his appointment to the Court of Appeals, he served as a judge for the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Superior Court, the Putnam County State Court, and worked in private practice. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and his J.D. from Mercer University School of Law.
Elizabeth Gobeil is a judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals, appointed in June 2018 by Governor Nathan Deal and re-elected in 2020. She earned a bachelor's degree from Emory University in 1991 and a J.D. from the University of Georgia Law School in 1995. Her career includes roles at the state Board of Workers' Compensation, senior counsel positions at Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and UCB, Inc., and practicing law as a partner at Thompson Hine, LLP. She also served as a legislative advisor to U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell.
J. Wade Padgett was born on July 27, 1965, in Atlanta, Georgia. He served as an Assistant District Attorney for the Augusta Judicial Circuit and as a Superior Court Judge for the Augusta Judicial Circuit since 2009. He was appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals on February 19, 2024, and assumed office on April 3, 2024, with his current term ending on December 31, 2026. He is married to Alice Wheatley Padgett and has two children.
Sara Doyle is a judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals, having assumed office on January 1, 2009. She previously served as chief judge of the Court of Appeals from July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2017. Doyle earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Florida in 1990 and her J.D. from Mercer University in 1994, graduating cum laude. Her legal career began at Strickland & Benson, P.C., and she later worked for Holland & Knight LLP before taking the bench.