• Judge Thomas Baxley, Superior Courts, Pataula Judicial Circuit, retired on November 1, 2017. Judge Baxley was appointed in 2014, prior to which he had served as judge of the State Court of Early County.
• Sandy Lee, Executive Director, Council of Superior Court Judges, retired on December 1, 2017.
• Several judges will retire on December 31, 2017 including:
Judge Frank Jordan, Superior Courts, Chattahoochee Juicial Circuit;
Judge Frederick Mullis, Superior Courts, Oconee Judicial Circuit;
Judge Robert L. Godwin, Chief Magistrate, Henry County; and
Judge Michael P. Cielinski, Recorders Court of Columbus-Muscogee County.