Chief Justice Boggs serves as a member of the Council’s Veterans Justice Commission.
Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs was appointed to the Supreme Court of Georgia on December 7, 2016, by Governor Nathan Deal. He was re-elected state-wide without opposition in 2018 and in 2024. In 2022, he was elected by his colleagues to serve as Chief Justice. Previously, Chief Justice Boggs served as a judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals, a Superior Court judge for Waycross Judicial Circuit, and State Representative to the Georgia General Assembly.
Chief Justice Boggs obtained his undergraduate degree in political science and psychology from Georgia Southern College in 1985. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Mercer University School of Law in 1990. While in law school, he was a member of the Moot Court Board and participated on the ABA/LSD and National Moot Court competition teams. At Mercer, Chief Justice Boggs was inducted into the Order of Barristers and was elected to the Student Government Association. Among his legislative accomplishments, Chief Justice Boggs authored the “Child Protection Act,” a bill aimed at protecting children from sexual predators. During his legislative service, Chief Justice Boggs was named the Most Outstanding Freshman Member of the General Assembly and was named by Georgia Trend Magazine as one of “Forty Under Forty” Rising Stars in Georgia.
In 2011, Chief Justice Boggs was elected by his fellow Superior Court judges to serve as Secretary-Treasurer of the Council of Superior Court Judges, and served as Vice Chair of the Council’s Legislation Committee. While a Superior Court Judge, Chief Justice Boggs founded the Waycross Judicial Circuit Drug Court Program, served as its Presiding Judge, and served as a member of the Judicial Council of Georgia’s Standing Committee on Accountability Courts. He served as a member of the Criminal Justice Reform Council for Georgians in 2011 as an appointee of the Chief Justice and was appointed by Governor Deal to co-chair the Council from 2012 to the present.
In 2011, Chief Justice Boggs served as a member of the Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission and currently serves on the Advisory Board for the CSG Justice Center, where he also serves on the Executive Committee. Chief Justice Boggs serves on the Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children and the National Center for State Courts Judicial Peer Group on Evidence-Based Sentencing and Committee on Fines, Fees, and Bail Reform.
An ardent supporter of accountability courts, Chief Justice Boggs founded the Waycross Judicial Circuit Drug Court Program, served as its Presiding Judge, and served as a member of the Judicial Council of Georgia’s Standing Committee on Accountability Courts.
